PHG @ CUX

September 18, 1903

Final Score: PHG 3 - CUX 12

Game Information

Ballpark
Island Park
Game Duration
85 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Rube Foster
Losing Pitcher
William Bell

Line Score

PHG @ CUX — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PHG 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 8
CUX 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 2 x 12 16 2

PHG Batting

PHG @ CUX — PHG Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Frank Grant 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Sol White 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

CUX Batting

PHG @ CUX — CUX Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Rube Foster 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .600
Team Totals 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .600

CUX Pitching

PHG @ CUX — CUX Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Rube Foster (W) W 9.0 7 3 0 1 5 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 7 3 0 1 5 0 0.00

Philadelphia Giants at X-Cuban Giants, September 18, 1903

On September 18, 1903, the X-Cuban Giants defeated the Philadelphia Giants 12-3 at Island Park in the championship series. The 12-3 final was one-sided. Retrosheet records a running time of 85 minutes and a day start for this game. The Philadelphia Giants scored in the fourth and sixth innings, with the biggest frame a 2-run fourth. The X-Cuban Giants' runs came in the second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth innings, 3 of them in the seventh. The Philadelphia Giants had 7 hits and the X-Cuban Giants 16, with 8 and 2 errors. Rube Foster was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 7 hits in 9.0 innings. The loss was charged to William Bell. No pitcher struck out more than Rube Foster, who had 5. For the Philadelphia Giants, Frank Grant went 2 for 4. The X-Cuban Giants' top hitter was Rube Foster, 3 for 5 and 1 RBI.

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