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Saturday, May 2, 1885
Cincinnati Reds (1-1 .500 1 GB tied for 4th place in the Liberty League) at
Detroit Wolverines (1-1 .500 1 GB tied for 4th place)

Charlie Branham, Cin. (25-4.2) (R 35-13 2.43 8.2-2.0-5.3 H-BB-K/9 last season) vs. William McLeod, Det. (25-5.6) (R 1-0 3.00 9.0-4.0-2.0)

Won - 3 to 1

In his first start McLeod struck out 2 batters; this time he struck out 2 in the first inning. He was on today. But so was Charlie Branham. However, Branham had to leave in the 7th inning with something messed up in his elbow and they now say he is out for the season. He led the league in wins last year and will get zero this season.

McLeod allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6.

We also only had 4 hits and made 2 errors. The Reds made 6.

CF Fred Bianco (26-6.9) hit a double, stole a base and scored a run. C Dave Caplan (29-5.5) hit a double and drew a walk.

Liberty League:
Troy (2) at Rochester (3): Bill McClean (39-6.0) (1-1) over Harry Lamb (30-6.4) (1-1). McClean allowed 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he hit a triple. Lamb allowed 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. He had a hit and an RBI as a batter. RF Joseph Thomson (33-7.3) had 2 hits and an RBI.

Cleveland (1) at Washington (6): Lou Townley (23-3.4) (1-0) over Tom Marshman (34-4.7) (0-1). Townley allowed 3 hits, no walks and struck out 9. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. Marshman allowed 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out no one. Cleveland made 8 errors, 4 of them by rookie 2B John Dahlhauser (25-5.0). He was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts at bat. LF Kid Orr (26-5.6) had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run. 2B Bill Scott (29-3.5) had a hit, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs.

Boston (15) at New York (6): Charlie Morlock (35-6.7) (1-1) over Count Childs (29-3.1) (1-1). Morlock allowed 10 hits, 3 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. LF Charlie Warner (31-9.2) had 3 hits with 2 triples, a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Dan Abrams (26-5.1) had 2 hits with a double, a walk, 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs. 2B Mike Stables (29-7.1) had 2 hits with a double, a walk, scored 3 runs and had an RBI.

Grand National Association:
Milwaukee (7) at Brooklyn (5): Dan Burton (29-4.9) (3-4) over Henry Rawls (30-4.3) (3-2). Burton allowed 10 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. SS Lou Bohus (25-5.4) had 3 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs. 3B Andy Byl (31-4.0) had 3 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. For the Gladiators, SS Bones Collins (30-4.4) hit a double and a triple and scored a run.

Providence (4) at Pittsburgh (15): Tom Lilly (25-6.4) (5-2) over Sam Paul (30-5.4) (0-4). Lilly allowed 8 hits, no walks and struck out 8. At bat, he had 3 hits and 2 RBIs. C Wilson Wendling (24-4.1) had 3 hits, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBIs. LF Jim Graves (27-5.7) had 3 hits, a walk, scored 3 times and had 3 RBIs. 1B Jack Green (32-5.5) had 3 hits with 2 triples, scored a run and had 5 RBIs.

Omaha (10) at Baltimore (7): Royal Parmelee (24-6.5) (1-2) over Tom Wilmarth (25-5.4) (1-2). Baltimore made 9 errors, 5 by SS Jake Steitz (26-4.7). CF Dave Cunningham (29-5.4) had 2 hits, a walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. For Baltimore, C William Fisher (28-4.9) had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had 2 RBIs.

Chicago (7) at Kansas City (8): Frank Parsons (31-5.8) (4-2) over Pete Rinehart (26-6.2) (2-4). Chicago made 8 errors. 2B Al Sarbacker (24-4.8) hit 2 doubles, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. C Gene Stone (28-5.4) had 4 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBIs.