13th October 1877
The Fans of the Red Caps are painting the old city red tonight as they celebrate a surprisingly easy 4-0 MLB Championship Series win against the Philadelphia Athletics.
Game one was the closest of the four played if you looked at the score line. The game itself didn't play out that close though. The team jumped to an early 2-1 lead after four innings and never looked back as a 3 run blast in the 7th and 2 runs in the 9th won the game. Joe Battin had an excellent game as he picked up 4 hits and 2 runs. Terry Larkin was the winning pitcher after he let only 3 earned runs go in a complete game pitched.
The second game of the series saw the Red Caps struggle to begin with as they went down early 1-2 at the end of the 3rd inning. This though didn't show what was to come next as the team blasted 4 runs in the 4th to win the game. The rest of the game was quiet. Their was no star on the batting line up as it was a team effort that won the game. The pitcher that picked up the win was Bobby Mathews. Mathews pitched all 9 innings and gave up no earned runs.
The third game of the series saw the Red Caps in full form as they shut out the Athletics 5-0. The runs came in the 2nd with 2, the 5th with 2 and the 6th with 1. This was again another team performance with the bat as most players helped to win the game. The star of the show was starting pitcher Tommy Bond. He pitched all 9 innings and gave up 0 hits and 0 earned runs to claim a no hitter in the biggest game of his career (missed the perfect game due to an error by the fielders)
The final game of the series saw the way the pitching has been the class of the team all year. The pitching let an early run go before again shutting the opposition down while the batting managed to finally get on top of the opposition pitching. The win went to Terry Larkin who pitched all 9 innings for 0 earned runs against him. The best batter was Levi Meyerle who picked up 4 hits and 1 run during the game.
13th October 1877
The fans of the Athletics cannot believe how easily their team gave up their MLB Championship title. The team were rolled over 0-4 by the Boston Red Caps and were never in any of the games.
The first game of the series saw the Athletics put up the only fight they did all series. They were 6-1 down going into the 8th inning but then put up 3 runs to bring it close before finally losing the game. The team seemed to be able to find the hits during the games as they had 14 but couldn't find the runs as the Red Caps pitching and fielding managed to keep them fairly quiet. Dick McBride picked up the loss as he pitched 8 innings with 3 earned runs against him.
Game 2 saw the Athletics form collapse as they finally ran out of steam for the season. The team managed to get out to an early 2-1 lead by the end of the 3rd inning but were then shut out for the rest of the game as they saw the Red Caps win the game with a 4 run 4th inning. The batting was a complete disaster as they picked up only 4 hits for the 2 runs scored.The losing Pitcher was Dory Dean who pitched 8 innings for 4 earned runs against him.
If you were a fan of the Athletics watching game 3 of the MLB Championship Series then all you could do was sit their and take the beating and applaud an excellent performance from the opposition pitcher. The team just didn't turn up as they saw a no hitter pitched against them in a 0-5 loss.
The final game of the series continued to highlight the differences in the hunger between the 2 teams in this series. The Athletics jumped to an early 1-0 lead after innings 2 before they were again shut down by the Red Caps and saw 7 unanswered runs put past them through the rest of the game. The pitching and batting again did not turn up as no body performed.