1st July 1874
The fans of the Blues saw their team drop off the pace a little in June as they fell back to last place in the AL table 5 games behind the leaders. The team picked up a poor month as they went 2-8 in June.
The batting struggled a little in June scoring only 39 runs. The best of a poor performance was Short Stop Dickey Pearce. Pearce faced 31 at bats in 9 games, of which he started 8. This produced 12 hits for an average of .387. What is a worry is he only gained 3 runs and 1 RBI from these hits.
Cy Bentley continued his solid pitching for the team but couldn't get the wins against the teams poor batting. He started all 10 games and pitched 63.2 innings. This work saw him give up 89 hits and 19 earned runs for an ERA of 2.69. The team gave up a total of 90 runs during the month.
Full pitching stats for June
Full batting stats for June
The Blues played 10 games in June
They started with 2 losses to the St. Louis Brown Stockings 4-5 and 3-4.
The next series saw the team lose 1-2 against the Philadelphia Athletics. The scores were 6-4, 1-15 and 6-10
The series against the Baltimore Canaries was also lost 1-2. The scores were 4-13, 11-4 and 0-21
The final 2 games were lost to the St. Louis Brown Stockings 3-12 and 1-2
The team will face 9 games and the All Star Break in July. A full report will be bought to you next month