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Old 05-23-2015, 11:47 PM   #959
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Thursday, May 14, 1885
Detroit Wolverines (6-5 .545 2 GB tied for 3rd place in the Liberty League) at
New York Gothams (5-6 .455 3 GB 5th place)

Today is McLeod's birthday. Let's give him a win for a present.

Stone is off to a slow start, but he was 49-19 the past 2 years in A Ball.

William McLeod, Det. (26-5.6) (R 3-2 2.03 7.3-3.5-4.7 H-BB-K/9) vs. Al Stone, N.Y. (25-3.1) (R 0-1 8.44 14.1-2.8-3.9)

Won - 4 to 1

McLeod allowed 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. All 3 strikeouts came in the 7th inning.

We had 9 hits and made 3 errors, 2 of them in the 9th inning. New York made 2 errors.

2B Jack Warren (32-7.2) had 2 hits with a double, stole 2 bases and scored 2 runs. LF Ben Smith (25-6.7) had 3 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. C Evan Eckberg (29-3.5) had 2 hits and an RBI. 3B Sam Boullion (25-4.8) had 2 hits.

Liberty League:
Cleveland (6) at Rochester (2): Bill Henrichs (25-7.4) (1-0) over Bill Henson (28-6.5) (0-2). Henrichs allowed 4 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. Henson allowed 8 hits, walked 3 and struck out 2. CF Farmer McCarron (26-9.2) had 2 hits with a triple, scored a run and had an RBI.

Washington (7) at Troy (8): Harry Lamb (30-6.4) (5-1) over Lou Townley (23-3.4) (3-4). Lamb allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. Troy scored twice in the bottom of the 9th to win. RF John Hagadorn (35-6.3) singled to end the game. Rookie LF Pat Womack (24-6.3) had 4 hits, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had an RBI. 3B Sam Cowan (29-5.1) had 4 hits, scored a run and had 3 RBIs. For the Nationals, LF Kid Orr (26-5.6) had 4 hits with his 2nd home run of the year, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs.

Cincinnati (2) at Boston (13): Charlie Morlock (35-6.7) (4-2) over Lou Ellard (27-6.3) (1-3). Morlock allowed 6 hits, no walks and struck out 7. C Hub West (31-6.7) had 2 hits with a double, a walk, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBIs. 2B Mike Stables (29-7.1) hit 2 triples and his 2nd home run of the year, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBIs.

Grand National Association:
Brooklyn (2) at Pittsburgh (10): Tom Lilly (25-6.4) (8-3) over Henry Rawls (31-4.3) (3-5). Lilly allowed 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 7. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. CF Al Steel (25-7.0) had 3 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

Baltimore (2) at Providence (4): Egyptian Hooker (37-3.9) (2-0) over Tom Wilmarth (25-5.4) (3-4). Hooker allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out none. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. Wilmarth allowed 9 hits, no walks and struck out 3. LF Bill Sears (36-4.0) had 2 hits, scored a run and had an RBI.

Omaha (15) at Kansas City (8): Royal Parmelee (24-6.5) (3-4) over Frank Parsons (31-5.8) (4-8). 3B Doc Gerig (25-5.0) had 2 hits, a walk, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs. RF Hank Roberts (26-3.0) had 4 hits with a double and 5 RBIs. 2B Felix Hill (26-4.2) had 2 hits, a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 4 runs and had an RBI.

Milwaukee (8) at Chicago (5) in 10 innings: Dan Burton (29-4.9) (7-6) over Sam White (30-5.2) (3-4). In 10 innings, Burton allowed 10 hits, 4 walks and struck out 9. At bat, he had 4 hits, but no runs or RBIs. SS Lou Bohus (25-5.4) had 4 hits and scored 2 runs. 3B Andy Byl (31-4.0) had 4 hits with 3 doubles, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBIs. For the Colts, CF George Wayman (28-5.9) had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the season, a walk and 2 RBIs, but will miss the next month or so with a high ankle sprain.
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