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Saturday, August 25, 1877, vs. St. Louis Brown Stockings (30-17 2nd place in the Liberty League)
Rubber game of the series. A win will give us a 3 game lead with 12 to play. A loss and the lead is but 1.
Socks Hawkins, St.L. (26 R 15-7 1.88) vs. John Bendickson, Troy (25 R 14-9 2.07)
Lost - 7 to 6 in 14 innings
The right team won this game. We stunk the joint up with 12 errors. I made 3 myself. No one did anything for us, except SS Bill Rush and C Eb Burke. They each had 3 hits with a double and knocked in 2 runs. Rush scored twice, while Burke scored once.
We hit Hawkins pretty good, scoring 6 runs off him in 8 innings. But then Pop Massey brought in Roger Lake and it was lights out for our offense. We only got 1 hit off him in 6 innings.
Other Games:
Washington (5) at Philadelphia (6) in 12 innings - Charlie Moss (21-25) over Rufus Lee (6-15). 24-year-old rookie 1B Fred Moore, making his 3rd start of his career, had 3 hits and 2 RBIs. The winning run was scored by CF John Froom when Washington 2B Calvin Biron booted a groundball.
Boston (2) at Pittsburgh (7) - Bones Lane (20-21) over Charlie Morlock (15-22). LF Silver Borresen had 3 hits with a triple, stole a base and score 2 runs. C Jake Houghton had 3 hits with a double, scored twice and had an RBI.
In the New York State Championship Association, there is a 3-wat tie for first place with 12 games to go. Auburn, Poughkeepsie and Syracuse are all 27-21. Buffalo is 2 games back.
In the New England League, Hartford holds a 3 game lead over Fall River and Springfield.
21-year-old 2B Frank Rosenbaum of Fall River, who broke his elbow back in early June, has announced that he is retiring, The elbow has not healed properly and doctors do not think he will ever be able to throw well again. At the time of the injury, Rosenbaum was batting .404 and with his solid fielding skills, seemed like a sure bet to be picked highly in this winter's B League draft.
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