Week five commenced with a four-game split between the 1911 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates. The Athletics (9-7) remained two games above .500 while the Pirates (8-12) stayed four under. Home Run Baker and Danny Murphy both hit .333 (5-for-15) for the Athletics. No one from Pittsburgh had more than four hits in the series, with Tommy Leach batting a team-best .333 (4-for-12).
Game #1: Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2
The Athletics jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after back-to-back RBI singles from Home Run Baker and Danny Murphy in the third inning. Pittsburgh closed the gap to 3-2 in the bottom of the third, though Philadelphia added a fourth run in the fifth inning on another Murphy RBI single. Jack Coombs repeatedly pitched out of trouble in the win, as the Pirates put runners into scoring position in five of the final six innings.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (4) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2)
1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Bris Lord 4 0 1 0 Fred Clarke 3 1 0 0
Rube Oldring 4 2 1 0 Ginger Beaumont 5 1 2 0
Eddie Collins 5 0 1 0 Honus Wagner 4 0 1 0
Home Run Baker 4 1 1 1 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 1 1
Danny Murphy 4 0 2 2 Claude Ritchey 3 0 0 1
Stuffy McInnis 3 1 0 0 Tommy Leach 3 0 2 0
Jack Barry 3 0 1 0 Wid Conroy 4 0 0 0
Ira Thomas 4 0 0 0 Harry Smith 3 0 0 0
Jack Coombs BY 3 0 1 0 Deacon Phillippe AXY 2 0 0 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 3 TOTALS 32 2 6 2
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 012 010 000 -- 4
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 002 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 9, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
12. ERR--Stuffy McInnis. 2B--Rube Oldring, Kitty Bransfield.
3B--Honus Wagner. HBP--Jack Barry, Honus Wagner.
SACF--Claude Ritchey. SACB--Deacon Phillippe AXYZ. SB--Jack
Barry, Home Run Baker, Danny Murphy, Bris Lord, Tommy Leach.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Coombs BY [W] 9.00 6 2 2 6 11 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Deacon Phillippe AXY [L] 8.00 6 4 3 5 5 0
Ed Doheny BXY 1.00 2 0 0 0 3 0
Game #2: Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1
The Athletics got on the board quickly, as Bris Lord led off the game with a double, stole third and scored on Rube Oldring’s sacrifice fly. They wouldn’t score again, however, and only put a runner into scoring position one more time off of the Pirates’ Jesse Tannehill. Pittsburgh tied in the sixth inning when Ginger Beaumont tripled and scored on Kitty Bransfield’s RBI single. In the bottom of the ninth, the Pirates loaded the bases with no one out and Harry Smith delivered a game-ending RBI single.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (1) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2)
1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Bris Lord 4 1 1 0 Fred Clarke 4 0 1 0
Rube Oldring 3 0 0 1 Ginger Beaumont 3 1 1 0
Eddie Collins 2 0 1 0 Honus Wagner 2 0 0 0
Home Run Baker 4 0 0 0 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 1 1
Danny Murphy 4 0 2 0 Claude Ritchey 4 1 1 0
Stuffy McInnis 2 0 1 0 Tommy Leach 2 0 1 0
Jack Barry 3 0 0 0 Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0
Ira Thomas 3 0 0 0 Wid Conroy 3 0 1 0
Cy Morgan BXW 3 0 0 0 Harry Smith 4 0 2 1
Jesse Tannehill AXZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 1 5 1 TOTALS 30 2 8 2
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 100 000 000 -- 1
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 001 001 -- 2
LOB--1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 5, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
9. ERR--Ira Thomas. 2B--Bris Lord. 3B--Ginger Beaumont.
SACF--Rube Oldring. SB--Stuffy McInnis, Danny Murphy, Bris
Lord, Kitty Bransfield.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Cy Morgan BXW [L] 8.00 8 2 2 4 8 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Jesse Tannehill AXZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 4 10 0
Game #3: Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 2
The Athletics went up 2-0 after three innings. The Pirates got one back in the fifth inning on Claude Ritchey’s RBI double. They then exploded for four runs in the seventh inning, with Tommy Leach driving home two with a single, followed by a Wid Conroy RBI single and a Harry Smith sacrifice fly.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5) AT 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (2)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 4 0 0 0 Bris Lord 5 0 0 0
Ginger Beaumont 3 0 1 0 Rube Oldring 5 1 2 0
Honus Wagner 4 1 1 0 Eddie Collins 3 1 1 1
Kitty Bransfield 3 2 1 0 Home Run Baker 3 0 2 1
Claude Ritchey 4 1 1 1 Danny Murphy 3 0 1 0
Tommy Leach 4 1 1 2 Stuffy McInnis 4 0 0 0
Wid Conroy 3 0 1 1 Jack Barry 4 0 1 0
Harry Smith 2 0 0 1 Ira Thomas 3 0 1 0
Sam Leever BXZ 3 0 0 0 Eddie Plank AX 1 0 0 0
Jack Lapp 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 5 6 5 TOTALS 32 2 8 2
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 400 -- 5
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 101 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 1, 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
9. ERR--Wid Conroy. 2B--Kitty Bransfield, Claude Ritchey.
3B--Rube Oldring, Eddie Collins. HBP--Ira Thomas, Eddie
Plank AX. SACF--Harry Smith, Eddie Collins. SACB--Eddie
Plank AX. SB--Ginger Beaumont (2), Honus Wagner, Jack Barry,
Home Run Baker.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sam Leever BXZ [W] 9.00 8 2 2 2 7 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Eddie Plank AX [L] 9.00 6 5 5 2 2 0
Game #4: Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 3
Philadelphia scored first for the fourth straight game, plating three runs in the fourth inning behind Jack Barry’s RBI triple and Ira Thomas’ RBI single. Pittsburgh’s first hit off of Chief Bender came in the fifth inning when Kitty Bransfield doubled, and he scored on Tommy Leach’s sacrifice fly to make it 3-1. Home Run Baker gave the Athletics a 4-1 lead with a run-scoring single in the seventh. Pittsburgh added single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to make it a one-run game, but that’s how it ended.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3) AT 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (4)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 4 0 1 0 Bris Lord 3 0 2 0
Ginger Beaumont 4 0 0 0 Rube Oldring 4 1 0 0
Honus Wagner 4 1 2 0 Eddie Collins 4 0 0 0
Kitty Bransfield 4 1 1 0 Home Run Baker 4 1 2 1
Claude Ritchey 3 0 0 1 Danny Murphy 4 0 0 0
Tommy Leach 3 0 0 1 Stuffy McInnis 3 1 2 0
Wid Conroy 3 1 1 0 Jack Barry 4 1 1 1
Harry Smith 3 0 1 0 Ira Thomas 4 0 1 1
Jack Chesbro BXYZ 1 0 0 0 Chief Bender BXZ 3 0 0 0
Lefty Davis 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 29 3 6 3 TOTALS 33 4 8 3
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 011 -- 3
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 300 10x -- 4
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 3, 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
9. ERR--Harry Smith. 2B--Wid Conroy, Kitty Bransfield, Home
Run Baker. 3B--Honus Wagner, Jack Barry. HBP--Chief Bender
BXZ, Bris Lord. SACF--Tommy Leach, Lefty Davis, Claude
Ritchey. SACB--Jack Chesbro BXYZ.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Chesbro BXYZ [L] 7.00 7 4 4 2 9 0
Ed Doheny BXY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Chief Bender BXZ [W] 9.00 6 3 3 0 3 0
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