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Questdog · 07-03-2014, 11:26 PM

Saturday, May 26, 1877, vs. St. Louis Brown Stockings (12-5 1st place in the Liberty League)

Rubber game of the series. We need this one.

Rookie Bill Hammack is back and ready to play, so he's in right. Lou Baker was sent back to Rochester.

Fred Cline, St.L. (35 R 8-5 2.79) vs. Abe Everette, Troy (28 L 7-1 1.61)

Won - 8 to 6

We retired the Brown Stockings in order in the first and then John Hagadorn led off our half of the first with a walk. Wash Horsfall, playing for Crazy Kelley, then bunted him over to second. Then me and Sol Popko hit back-to-back triples! Bill Rush followed with a double. Bill Hammack, Yale Molly and Eb Burke had singles and we had 5 runs and cruised from there. I had 4 hits on the day, scored twice and had an RBI, though I did get caught stealing once. Poppy had 3 hits, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and looks to be finally out of his funk. Rush, Hammack and Molloy each had 2 hits as we collected 17 of the little boogers on the day.

Other Games:
Washington (4) at Philadelphia (2) - Cal Wright (3-11) over Charlie Moss (7-10). Moss held Washington to 6 hits, but Wright held Philadelphia to only 3. Washington scored twice in the top of the 9th to win on a single by SS Joe O'Neill and for once did not allow Philadelphia to score in the bottom half of the inning. Philadelphia's star catcher, Mike Tonnies, broke his elbow in a collision at the plate and is out for the year. He was batting .316 at the time of the injury.

Boston (2) at Pittsburgh (1) - Charlie Morlock (7-4) over Bones Lane (6-10). Pittsburgh out-hit Boston 10 to 5. The game was tied at 1 until the 9th inning. With 2 outs and a runner on third and pitcher Charlie Morlock at the plate with 2 strikes on him, Lane uncorked a wild one and Sandy Perkes scampered home with the run. Pittsburgh got two runners on in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, but Silver Borresen hit a foul pop up and Charlie Morlock struck out Willie Schommer to end the game. With the win, Boston climbs into a 3-way tie for 1st place with St. Louis and Troy, each at 12-6.

Down in the International League, London scored 9 times in the bottom of the 9th to defeat Columbus, 9 to 8. They scored 3 runs after 2 were out and our old friend Doc Hollister scored the winning tally. These weren't bum pitchers they beat either. Jim Postema started the game and Roger Lake relieved him after he failed to retire any of the first 6 batters in the 9th. Postema is actually leading the Liberty League in ERA at the moment and Lake was 8-8 last year as St. Louis' #2 pitcher.

07-03-2014, 11:26 PM	#145
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, May 26, 1877, vs. St. Louis Brown Stockings (12-5 1st place in the Liberty League) Rubber game of the series. We need this one. Rookie Bill Hammack is back and ready to play, so he's in right. Lou Baker was sent back to Rochester. Fred Cline, St.L. (35 R 8-5 2.79) vs. Abe Everette, Troy (28 L 7-1 1.61) Won - 8 to 6 We retired the Brown Stockings in order in the first and then John Hagadorn led off our half of the first with a walk. Wash Horsfall, playing for Crazy Kelley, then bunted him over to second. Then me and Sol Popko hit back-to-back triples! Bill Rush followed with a double. Bill Hammack, Yale Molly and Eb Burke had singles and we had 5 runs and cruised from there. I had 4 hits on the day, scored twice and had an RBI, though I did get caught stealing once. Poppy had 3 hits, 2 runs and 2 RBIs and looks to be finally out of his funk. Rush, Hammack and Molloy each had 2 hits as we collected 17 of the little boogers on the day. Other Games: Washington (4) at Philadelphia (2) - Cal Wright (3-11) over Charlie Moss (7-10). Moss held Washington to 6 hits, but Wright held Philadelphia to only 3. Washington scored twice in the top of the 9th to win on a single by SS Joe O'Neill and for once did not allow Philadelphia to score in the bottom half of the inning. Philadelphia's star catcher, Mike Tonnies, broke his elbow in a collision at the plate and is out for the year. He was batting .316 at the time of the injury. Boston (2) at Pittsburgh (1) - Charlie Morlock (7-4) over Bones Lane (6-10). Pittsburgh out-hit Boston 10 to 5. The game was tied at 1 until the 9th inning. With 2 outs and a runner on third and pitcher Charlie Morlock at the plate with 2 strikes on him, Lane uncorked a wild one and Sandy Perkes scampered home with the run. Pittsburgh got two runners on in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, but Silver Borresen hit a foul pop up and Charlie Morlock struck out Willie Schommer to end the game. With the win, Boston climbs into a 3-way tie for 1st place with St. Louis and Troy, each at 12-6. Down in the International League, London scored 9 times in the bottom of the 9th to defeat Columbus, 9 to 8. They scored 3 runs after 2 were out and our old friend Doc Hollister scored the winning tally. These weren't bum pitchers they beat either. Jim Postema started the game and Roger Lake relieved him after he failed to retire any of the first 6 batters in the 9th. Postema is actually leading the Liberty League in ERA at the moment and Lake was 8-8 last year as St. Louis' #2 pitcher.