[Questdog]

Thursday, August 14, 1884
Minneapolis Millers (35-39 .473 17.5 GB tied for 6th place in the Grand National Association) at
Omaha Mutuals (53-22 .707 1st place)

After a week of searching, owner Frank Pope (60-5.4) hired Sammy Farrell (39-6.9) as the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. Farrell had been fired from the same post with the Chicago Colts a few weeks ago.

Steve Taylor, Minn. (33-3.3) (L 7-3 3.55 9.8-2.3-3.6 H-BB-K/9) vs. Lee Sprague, Omaha (24-3.5) (R 26-13 1.88 7.0-0.9-6.1)

Lost - 7 to 5

In the first inning, we got 5 hits and they made 3 errors and we scored 5 times. And never scored again.

Sprague allowed 11 hits, no walks and struck out 6. He had 2 hits at bat.

We got 8 hits (3 in the final 8 innings) and made 5 errors. Minneapolis made 4.

CF Abe Cupp (23-4.7) had hit a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. LF Dave Cunningham (29-5.4) had 2 hits and scored a run.

For the Millers, CF Ed Moody (28-6.9) had 3 hits with a double and a triple, scored 3 runs and had an RBI.

We have scored exactly 5 runs in 5 straight games, yet lost 4 of them. Sprague has lost 3 in a row and 5 of his last 6. The only game we have won in the last 5 was the one Tom Lee (26-6.0) started. Our lead is down to 3 games, so Sprague is out as the #1 hurler. I wish I knew what the heck was wrong with him.

Grand National Association Games:
Baltimore (6) at Philadelphia (7) in 13 innings: John Allen (26-6.4) (19-9) in relief of Bill McClean (38-6.0) over Levi Giddens (32-4.8) (1-5) in relief of Sammy O'Quinn (22-5.9). Allen pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowed 3 hits and struck out 1. McClean, in his 10 innings, allowed 12 hits, no walks and struck out 6. He went 3 for 4 as a hitter with a double, but no runs or RBIs. Philadelphia needed 24 hits to score 7 runs. LF Clarence Reis (33-5.0) had 4 hits with a double and a triple, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. CF Ben Smith (25-6.7) had 3 hits and 2 RBIs. He ended the game with a 2-out single.

Louisville (1) at Scranton (3): Sam Doty (35-6.4) (14-16) over Wiley Steel (22-5.6) (3-9). Doty allowed 5 hits, no walks and struck out 3. Steel allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and did not strike out any one. SS Fred Vay (33-6.0) had 2 hits with a double and an RBI. 1B Jiggs Farmer (24-4.6) hit a 2-run triple.

Providence (10) at Kansas City (9): Wes Wright (30-5.7) (3-0) over Joe Osborne (26-3.0) (6-19). RF John Walker (27-6.6) had 3 hits with a double and scored a run. LF Mickey Sweeney (29-4.7) had 3 hits with a triple, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs. For the Cowboys, LF Lou Baggett (22-4.2) had 3 hits, stole 3 bases, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs.

Milwaukee (13) at Chicago (6): Oscar Mason (24-4.6) (1-0) in his major league debut over John Ritch (29-7.8) (20-23). Mason allowed 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 7. Manager Sammy Farrell made his debut as the Brewers' boss a success against the team that fired him a few weeks ago. SS Herman Bonjour (31-5.6) had 3 hits with a triple and a home run, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBIs. LF John Tomlinson (28-2.8) had 4 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. For the Colts, C George Sandefur (28-5.8) had 3 hits with his league-leading 9th home run and 2 RBIs.