1st September 1879
The White Stockings had an average month during August to see the leaders edge further away from them. The fans are hoping they have another super September like last year to close the gap. The team picked up 7 wins and 7 losses during August. They now sit in 2nd place in the NL table, 6 games behind the leaders.
The batting form took a dip in August as the team managed only 61 runs. The player with the best figures during the month was Second Baseman Jack Burdock. Burdock started 13 of the games and came up to bat 56 times. These at bats had him claim 16 hits along with 5 runs and 4 RBI's. His average for the month was .286.
Candy Cummings managed to find the way to win games during the month of August while still shipping runs. He started 7 games and picked up 4 wins. He pitched 56 innings to give up 58 hits and 13 earned runs for an ERA of 2.09. The team gave up 65 runs during the month.
Centre Fielder Pete Hotaling picked up his second hamstring injury of the season and was forced to miss 3 weeks of August.
Full pitching stats for August
Full Batting stats for August
The team played 14 games in August
lost final game of home series to the Cincinnati Reds 6-10
2-1 on the road to the Boston Red Caps 6-7, 5-4 and 3-0
2-1 on the road to the Brooklyn Atlantics 3-5, 7-6 and 4-3
1-2 on the road to the Cincinnati Reds 2-3, 4-0 and 1-5
1-2 at home to the Boston Red Caps 5-7, 4-8 and 4-1
won first game of home series against the Brooklyn Atlantics 7-6
The team will be facing 13 games in September and we will bring you a full round up next month.