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Re: The Philadelphia Athletics,1905 And On-OOTP 9
Friday May 12,1905
Browns Score 4 In 5th To Stun Athletics
Sportsman's Park-St.Louis Mo.-The last place St.Louis Browns shocked the 2nd place Athletics today with a well played 5-3 victory.The Athletics had it going early as CF Danny Hoffman led off the game with a single,stole second,was sacrificed to third and finally scored on a sac fly by Socks Seybold giving the A's the 1-0 lead.The Athletics made it 2-0 in the second when following a Topsy Hartsel leadoff double,Danny Murphy came to the plate and singled him home.The Browns answered in the bottom of the inning with a run of their own on an RBI ground out by pitcher Barney Pelty making it 2-1.In the fourth,the Athletics Harry Davis led off the inning with a triple,and scored on a nifty suicide squeeze executed to perfection by Topsy Hartsel making it 3-1 Athletics.In the 5th,everything went wrong for A's starting pitcher Eddie Plank.After loading the bases with a single and two walks,Plank then walked Ike Rockenfeld to bring in one run,he then hit Charlie Starr with a pitch to give St.Louis another run,and finally,Frank Roth singled bringing home two more runs giving St.Louis a 5-3 lead after 5.Over the final four innings,the Athletics could put nothing together and fell by the same 5-3 score.Barney Pelty was today's winning pitcher improving to 2-4 while Gettysburg Eddie absorbed the loss falling to 4-2.Here's the box score.
Major League Baseball Box Scores
Philadelphia Athletics at St. Louis Browns |  |
| Game ID: 196 - Friday, May 12th, 1905 - Game Log
|  | | Friday, May 12th, 1905 | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | | St. Louis Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
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a - J. Knight pinch hit for L. Cross in the 7th
b - H. Barton pinch hit for E. Plank in the 7th
c - W. Henley substituted for H. Barton in the 7th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Hartsel (3, 2nd Inning off B. Pelty, 0 on, 0 outs) H. Davis (7, 8th Inning off B. Pelty, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: H. Davis (3, 4th Inning off B. Pelty, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: O. Schreckengost, T. Hartsel 2, H. Davis 6, D. Murphy 2, D. Hoffman, M. Cross, H. Barton
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , E. Plank 2, M. Cross, J. Knight
Sac Bunt: T. Hartsel, L. Cross
Sac Fly: S. Seybold
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
SB: H. Davis (5), D. Hoffman (8), H. Barton (2)
CS: H. Davis (7), D. Murphy 2 (6)
FIELDING
Errors: O. Schreckengost (7), J. Knight (5)
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a - B. Rickey pinch hit for I. Rockenfield in the 7th
b - C. Moran substituted for B. Rickey in the 8th
c - J. Sugden substituted for F. Roth in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: F. Roth (2, 2nd Inning off E. Plank, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Koehler, T. Jones, I. Rockenfield, C. Starr, G. Stone, E. Frisk, F. Roth 3
2-out RBI: I. Rockenfield, C. Starr, F. Roth
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Pelty, T. Jones 2, E. Frisk 2
Sac Bunt: B. Pelty
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
SB: C. Starr (2), G. Stone (2)
CS: B. Koehler (4), F. Roth (1)
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| | Philadelphia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA | | E. Plank L (4-2) | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 112 | 64 | 2.19 | | W. Henley | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 2.25 |
| | St. Louis | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA | | B. Pelty W (2-4) | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 65 | 4.30 |
| GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: B. Pelty
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park III
Weather: Clear skies (71 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 18 mph
Start Time: 4:05 pm
Time: 2:20
Attendance: 864
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News Notes And Scores From Today's Games
 | Friday, May 12th, 1905: Washington Blanked by Bernhard
It was a dazzling performance by Bill Bernhard of the Cleveland Naps. He shut out the Washington Senators 9-0 on a brilliant 4-hitter, ringing up 5 strikeouts and issuing 3 walks.
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