Philadelphia Phillies 5 – 7 Boston Braves

5 May 1897 · BOS05

The three rarest things in this game

Rarity	What	Who	Rate
42	7-14-4 runs-hits-errors line	Boston Braves	1 in 4,225 games
39	14 hits, every one a single	Boston Braves	1 in 550 games
34	14-0 singles and extra-base hits	Boston Braves	1 in 1,108 games

Also here: won with 14 hits, none for extra bases, 5-13-2 runs-hits-errors line, 12-1 singles and extra-base hits.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	13	2
Boston Braves	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	–	7	14	4

Box score

Philadelphia Phillies batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Duff Cooley	6	1	1	0	0	0	2B
Bill Hallman	5	1	2	0	0	0
Nap Lajoie	4	0	1	2	0	0
Ed Delahanty	2	1	1	0	3	0
Jack Clements	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lave Cross	5	1	2	1	0	1
Jack Boyle	5	0	1	0	0	1
Sam Gillen	4	0	2	1	1	0
Al Orth	4	1	2	0	1	0
Totals	39	5	13	5	5	2

Philadelphia Phillies pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Al Orth	8.0	14	7	2	1	2

Boston Braves batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Hamilton	4	2	3	0	0	0
Fred Tenney	4	2	1	1	0	0
Herman Long	4	2	3	2	0	0
George Yeager	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chick Stahl	4	0	3	0	0	0
Bobby Lowe	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jimmy Collins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Ganzel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Lewis	3	1	1	0	1	1
Totals	35	7	14	4	1	2

Boston Braves pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ted Lewis	9.0	13	5	5	5	2

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