BOXSCORE: 1911 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1911 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 8/18/1911 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG B.Cree LF 4 0 1 0 .328 T.Speaker CF 4 0 1 1 .324 D.Bush SS 2 1 0 0 .185 C-A.Marsans PH 1 1 1 0 .305 D.Hoblitzell 1B 5 0 1 0 .294 D.Murphy RF 5 2 2 0 .304 C.Wilson RF 5 2 3 2 .307 F.Schulte LF 5 0 0 0 .306 C.Meyers C 5 2 1 1 .314 H.Baker 3B 5 0 4 3 .327 N.Ball 2B 5 2 0 0 .274 F.Merkle 1B 4 0 1 0 .296 R.Oldring CF 3 0 2 4 .289 F.Laporte 2B 5 1 2 0 .288 B.Byrne 3B 4 0 0 0 .253 O.Miller C 4 1 2 1 .231 R.Ford P 3 1 0 0 .157 K.Cole P 2 0 0 0 .200 E.Plank P 0 0 0 0 .172 D.Scanlan P 0 0 0 01.000 A-S.Collins PH 1 0 0 0 .241 A.Fromme P 0 0 0 0 .053 B-A.Bridwell PH 1 1 1 0 .272 A.Fletcher SS 3 0 0 1 .309 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 8 8 7 Totals 40 6 14 6 A-Pinch Hit For Scanlan In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Fromme In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Speaker In 9th Inning Cubs............ 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 - 8 8 1 Athletics....... 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 - 6 14 8 Cubs (63-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET R.Ford WIN(17-10) 8 1/3 13 6 5 0 0 0 3.03 A1 E2 E.Plank SAVE(2nd) 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.15 E3 Totals 9 14 6 5 1 1 0 Athletics (70-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET K.Cole LOSS(6-9) 6 1/3 6 7 4 3 2 0 4.02 A1 D4 D.Scanlan 0 2/3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.94 D5 D8 A.Fromme 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.18 D9 Totals 9 8 8 4 3 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 8,387 DATE- Wednesday, August 18th 1911 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:06 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 7 Athletics: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Athletics: 2 ERRORS- D.Bush, H.Baker, F.Merkle-2, O.Miller-2, A.Fletcher-3 DOUBLES- C.Wilson(29th), C.Meyers(16th), D.Murphy(19th), H.Baker(26th) TRIPLES- R.Oldring(7th), O.Miller-2(2nd), A.Bridwell(1st) RBIs- C.Wilson-2(83rd), C.Meyers(53rd), R.Oldring-4(49th), T.Speaker(37th), H.Baker-3(85th), O.Miller(1st), A.Fletcher(27th) STOLEN BASES- N.Ball(11th) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Cree, D.Bush SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Oldring, A.Fletcher WALKS- D.Bush-2, R.Ford, F.Merkle STRIKE OUTS- D.Hoblitzell, C.Wilson, R.Ford, F.Laporte GIDP- D.Bush, N.Ball, O.Miller PASSED BALLS- O.Miller 2-out RBI- H.Baker-3, R.Oldring-3, O.Miller, T.Speaker RLISP 2-out- C.Wilson-3, F.Merkle, B.Byrne-2, F.Schulte, K.Cole, F.Laporte TEAM RISP- Cubs: 4 for 14 Athletics: 4 for 13 Rube Oldring had 2 base hits and 4 RBI as the red-hot Chicago-NL Cubs outscored the Philadelphia-AL Athletics 8 to 6. Chicago-NL took the lead for good in the 6th inning plating one baserunner. Philadelphia-AL had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short. The win was credited to Russ Ford(17-10) who went 8 and 1/3 innings allowing 6 runs. Eddie Plank gained credit for his 2nd save. King Cole(6-9) was charged with the loss. He allowed Chicago-NL 7 runs in 6 and 1/3 innings of work. No one has been able to stop Chicago-NL lately as they lengthened their winning streak to 8 games. SCORESHEET: 1911 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1911 Philadelphia-AL Athletics B.Cree-A1 A1:E/6 B1:Si C1:G/31 D1:Sac/54 E1:L/6 >12 D.Bush-A1 A2:Sac/54 B2:G-DP/4 C2:W>b1 D2:W>b1 E2:G/43 >12 63>1o D.Hoblit-A1 A3:K *4*:G/31 C3:Si+E/6 D3:E/3>23 *9*:G/53 >13 12 C.Wilson-A1 A4:G/43 B4:Si C4:K D4:Do>3# E4:Si 2# 13 C.Meyers-A1 *2*:FO/2 B5:PB>12 *6*:E/3 D5:FC/32> E5:E/2>12 Do>2# 3o 23 N.Ball-A1 A6:E/5 B6:F/8 C6:Force/ D6:E/6>3# E6:G-DP/6 56>1o b1 12 43>1o R.Oldrin-A1 A7:G/43>1 B7:Si>2# C7:SB+E/2 D7:Tr>2# 2 6>13 SF/9 1# >3# B.Byrne-A1 A8:G/13 B8:G/53 C8:G/53 D8:F/7 R.Ford-A1 *3*:G/13 *5*:L/3 *7*:W>b1 *8*:K E.Plank-E7 T.Speake-A1 A1:F/8 B1:G/13 C1:P/4 D1:Si>3# E1:Si A.Marsan-E1 D.Murphy-A1 A2:E/6>b2 B2:Do C2:G/63 D2:G/63 E2:Si>12 F.Schult-A1 A3:G/43>2 B3:L/4 *6*:G/3 *8*:G/43 E3:G/13>2 3 3 12 H.Baker-A1 A4:Do>3# *4*:P/4 C4:Si D4:Si E4:Si>3# 2# F.Merkle-A1 A5:F/9 B5:F/7 C5:P/5 D5:Si>12 E5:W>12 b 1 F.Laport-A1 *2*:L/5 B6:Si C6:G/43 D6:Si>23 E6:K 12 O.Miller-A1 A7:F/8 B7:Tr>1# *7*:Tr D7:G-DP/6 43>1o K.Cole-A1 A8:G/53 B8:F/9 C8:G/53 *9*:Tr D.Scanla-C7 S.Collin-C8+ A.Fletch-A1 *3*:G/43 *5*:F/8 C9:L/5 D9:SF/8>3 #