1917 World Series Game Six Play By Play
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Game 6
Chicago White Sox at New York Giants

GAME 6 AT NEW YORK - MONDAY OCTOBER 15, 1917
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago White Sox 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 1
New York Giants 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 6 3

First Inning:
Chicago -- J. Collins out, Fletcher to Holke. McMullin fouled to Rariden. E. Collins singled to center. Jackson out, Herzog to Holke.
1 Hit, No Runs
New York -- Burns out, Collins to Gandil. Herzog singled to left. Kauff fanned, after spraining his back swinging. Zimmerman flied to Jackson.
1 Hit, No Runs

Second Inning:
Chicago -- Felsch fanned. Gandil singled to center. Weaver out, Herzog to Holke. Gandil taking second. Schalk out, Zimmerman to Holke.
1 Hit, No Runs
New York -- Fletcher out, Schalk to Gandil. Robertson out, E. Collins to Gandil. Holke doubled to left. Rariden out, E. Collins to Gandil.
1 Hit, No Runs

Third Inning:
Chicago -- Faber fanned. J. Collins flied to Herzog. McMullin fanned.
No Hits, No Runs
New York -- Benton fanned. Burns flied to Felsch. Herzog flied to Felsch.
No Hits, No Runs

Fourth Inning:
Chicago -- E. Collins safe at first and continued to second on Zimmerman's error, his throw going low to Holke. Jackson was safe at first when Robertson dropped his easy fly. Robertson was given an error. Collins scored Jackson took third and Felsch second on Felsch's rap to the box. Benton threw to third attempting to catch Collins but failed. Gandil singled to right, scoring Jackson and Felsch, but was put out at second, Robertson to Herzog. Weaver flied to Burns. Schalk singled to left. Faber walked. J. Collins was out, Fletcher to Holke.
2 Hits, 3 Runs
New York -- Kauff was out, E. Collins to Gandil. Zimmerman flied to J. Collins. Fletcher was safe at first on his hit to short. Fletcher was given a hit. Robertson flied to Felsch.
1 Hit, No Runs

Fifth Inning:
Chicago -- McMullin lined to Kauff who made a fine catch while on his knees. E. Collins flied to Burns. Jackson out, Herzog to Holke.
No Hits, No Runs
New York -- Holke fanned. Rariden walked. Wilhoit, batting for Benton, walked. Burns forced Wilhoit, Weaver to E. Collins. Herzog tripled scoring Rariden and Burns. Kauff fouled to Gandil.
1 Hit, 2 Runs

Sixth Inning:
Chicago -- Perritt now pitching for New York. Felsch walked. Gandil up, Felsch out stealing, Rariden to Fletcher. Gandil fanned. Weaver out, Herzog to Holke.
No Hits, No Runs
New York -- Zimmerman out, E. Collins to Gandil. Fletcher fouled to Gandil. Robertson singled to right. Holke out, E. Collins to Gandil.
1 Hit, No Runs

Seventh Inning:
Chicago -- Schalk walked. Faber fanned. Liebold batting for J. Collins, popped to Herzog. McMullin fanned.
1 Hit, No Runs
New York -- Leibold now playing right field for Chicago. Rariden out to Gandil, unassisted. Perritt singled to center. Burns popped to Weaver. Herzog up, Perritt to second on a passed ball and Schalk was given an error for a bad throw. Herzog popped to Weaver.
1 Hit, No Runs

Eighth Inning:
Chicago -- E. Collins out, Holke unassisted. Jackson singled cleanly to right. Felsch fouled to Holke. Gandil flied to Kauff.
1 Hit, No Runs
New York -- Kauff flied to Leibold. Zimmerman out, Weaver to Gandil. Fletcher out, McMullin to Gandil.
No Hits, No Runs

Ninth Inning:
Chicago -- Weaver singled over short. Schalk fouled to Zimmerman. Faber out, Perritt to Holke, Weaver took second. Leibold safe at first, Weaver scoring on the former's drive to center. Kauff got his hands on the ball but failed to hold it and was given an error. He threw to the plate in an effort to catch Weaver. Leibold went to second. McMullin out, Zimmerman to Holke.
2 Hits, 1 Run
New York -- Robertson was given first base when the ball hit him on the hand. Holke out, E. Collins to Gandil. Rariden fanned. McCarty, batting for Perritt out, E. Collins to Gandil
No Hits, No Runs

Game 6 Box Scores
White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Shano Collins rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nemo Leibold ph-rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500
Fred McMullin 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Eddie Collins 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Joe Jackson lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Happy Felsch cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .000
Chick Gandil 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .500
Buck Weaver ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Ray Schalk c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333
Red Faber p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000
               
               
TOTALS 34 4 7 3 3 6 .206
      
Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
George Burns rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Buck Herzog 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .500
Benny Kauff cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Heinie Zimmerman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Art Fletcher ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Dave Robertson rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Walter Holke 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Bill Rariden c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .000
Rube Benton p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Joe Wilhoit ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Pol Perritt p 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Lew McCarty ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 33 2 6 2 2 4 .182

White Sox IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Red Faber (W, 3-1) 9 6 2 2 2 4 2.33

Giants IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Rube Benton (L, 1-1) 5 4 3 0 1 3 0.00
Pol Perritt 4 3 1 1 2 3 2.16

DOUBLE-- Holke (1)
TRIPLE-- Herzog (1)
CAUGHT STEALING-- Felsch (2)
SACRIFICE BUNTS-- Faber
LEFT ON BASE--White Sox 7, Giants 6
RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION--White Sox 2 for 6, Giants 1 for 7
ERRORS-- Schalk, Robertson, Zimmerman 2
PASSED BALL-- Schalk
HIT BY PITCH-- Robertson by Faber
TIME-- 2:18
ATTENDANCE-- 33,969
UMPIRES-- HP: Klem. 1B: O'Loughlin. 2B: Evans . 3B: Rigler.
 
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