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Saturday, May 30, 1885 Decoration Day

Time for holiday double-headers!

Editor's Note: In real life Chicago and Detroit played mixed double-headers at Providence and Boston, with Chicago playing at Providence in the morning and at Boston in the afternoon. Those 2 cities are about 50 miles apart, while Troy and Boston are about 140 miles apart. So it is not inconceivable that the following double-header could have taken place. They thought this stuff was cool back then, I guess.

Game 1
Detroit Wolverines (14-8 .636 2 GB in 3rd place in the Liberty League) at
Boston Red Caps (16-6 .727 1st place)

William McLeod, Det. (26-5.6) (R 7-2 1.46 6.4-2.8-3.8 H-BB-K/9) vs. Freddy Wood, Bos. (29-6.3) (R 3-2 1.00 5.6-2.2-5.0)

Won - 5 to 3

McLeod allowed 6 hits, 1 walk (!!) and struck out 6. He had 2 hits at bat.

We had 10 hits and made 5 errors. Boston made 4.

2B Jocko Cole (23-6.1) had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. LF Ben Smith (25-6.7) had 2 hits and an RBI. 3B Sam Boullion (25-4.8) hit a double and scored a run.

Game 2
Detroit Wolverines (15-8 .652 1 GB tied for 2nd place in the Liberty League) at
Troy Haymakers (15-8 .652 1 GB tied for 2nd place)

Hank Anderson, Det. (32-7.7) (L 7-3 3.03 8.2-1.9-3.6) vs. Sal DeVaux, Troy (30-3.5) (R 2-2 2.25 6.3-1.8-3.5)

Lost - 6 to 5 in 11 innings

With 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th, PH John Hagadorn (35-6.3), one of the last 2 original Haymakers left on the team, singled off the glove of SS Sam Swanger (32-4.8) to win the game. C Henry Newman (31-3.6) is the other player to appear for the Haymakers in 1876 that is still on the team.

Anderson allowed 10 hits, walked 1 and struck out 1. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double and scored 2 runs.

We had 15 hits and made 5 errors. Troy made 9 errors.

How did we only get 5 runs and lose? It's a mystery.

CF Dusty Godwin (25-6.7) had 2 hits with a double, a walk and had an RBI, but no runs scored from the lead-off spot. RF Joe Kraus (28-7.9) had 3 hits, stole a base and had an RBI, but no runs from the #2 spot. 2B Jocko Cole (23-6.1) hit a double and scored a run. 3B Sam Boullion (25-4.8) had 3 hits, a walk and an RBI.

For Troy, 3b Sam Cowan (29-5.1) had 2 hits with a double, a walk, scored a run and had an RBI. C Henry Newman had 3 hits and scored 2 runs, but also made 4 errors.

Liberty League:
Cleveland (5) at Troy (2) Game 1: Tom Marshman (34-4.7) (4-5) over Harry Lamb (30-6.4) (7-3). Marshman allowed 9 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had 3 hits with a triple and scored 3 runs. Lamb allowed 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. 1B Clipper Wilson (29-4.4) hit 2 doubles and scored a run.

Cleveland (9) at Boston (1) Game 2: Bill Henrichs (26-7.4) over Charlie Morlock (35-6.7) (4-3). Henrichs allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he had 2 hits, a walk and an RBI. LF Joe Coffey (28-5.2) had 4 hits with a double, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs and had an RBI.

Cincinnati (5) at Rochester (4) Game 1: Lou Ellard (27-6.3) (4-4) over William Rose (34-4.9) (2-7). Ellard allowed 7 hits, no walks and struck out 3. Rose allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. LF Fleet Wilcox (28-4.9) hit a triple, drew a walk, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. For Rochester, 1B Elbert Fuccillo (33-5.4) will miss at least a month with a torn muscle in his back. He is leading the team in RBIs, and they do not need it to be any harder to score runs.

Cincinnati (3) at Rochester (4) Game 2: Bill Henson (28-6.5) (1-2) over Tom Blomberg (27-4.7) (2-2). Henson allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. Blomberg allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. LF John Rodgers (33-4.4), who has been in a slump since the start of the season, had 4 hits, stole a base and scored a run.

Washington (14) at New York (3) Game 1: Lou Townley (23-3.4) (7-6) over Count Childs (29-3.1) (4-9). Townley allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit, 2 walks and scored a run. This kid looks like the real deal! C Fred Smith (30-6.8) had 3 hits with a home run, a walk, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs. 1B Willie Burton (30-8.5) had 2 hits with a double, 2 walks, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs. LF Kid Orr (26-5.6) had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI.

Washington (5) at New York (6) Game 2: Al Stone (25-3.1) (1-2) over John Ritch (30-7.8) (3-5). Stone allowed 8 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5. RF Ed Glass (25-4.5) doubled home the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. He had 3 hits. 3B Tacks Strange (31-5.4), who scored the winning run, had 2 hits with a double and scored 3 times.

Grand National Association:
Kansas City (5) at Brooklyn (7) Game 1: Henry Rawls (31-4.3) (4-9) over Frank Parsons (31-5.8) (7-11). The losing streak ends at 13 games! Rawls allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. RF Tom Campbell (26-3.6) had 3 hits with a triple, stole a base, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. 3B Kid Angell (35-6.0) had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI. For KC, 1B Tommy Dyer (27-3.8) went hitless, ending his streak at 22 games.

Kansas City (8) at Brooklyn (10) Game 2: Dick Cole (31-5.9) (6-8) over Hosea Alexander (36-4.8) (2-4). Now, they have a winning streak! 3B Kid Angell (35-6.0) won the game with a 1-out 2-run home run in the bottom of the 9th. He also hit a double, drew a walk, scored twice and had 3 RBIs. CF John Peterson (25-7.0) had 3 hits, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had an RBI.

Providence (10) at Baltimore (4) Game 1: Frank McSherry (29-4.1) (9-6) over Pop Yurkovich (33-5.6) (5-9). McSherry allowed 10 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBIs. Baltimore made 13 errors. Poor ol' Pop. 3B Tom Hepner (23-7.1) had 3 hits, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. He almost doubled his hit total in one day. Prior to this game he was 4 for 36 on the season.

Providence (3) at Baltimore (2) in 10 innings Game 2: Sam Paul (30-5.4) (5-7) over Tom Wilmarth (25-5.4) (5-7). In 9 innings, Paul allowed 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. Egyptian Hooker (37-3.9) came on in the bottom of the 10th after Paul allowed a lead-off single. He got the first batter to ground into a double play and popped up the second batter to preserve the victory. In 10 innings, Wilmarth allowed 11 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. The Grays won despite making 8 errors to 2 for the O's. Manager/1B Paul Fenner (36-4.6) had 3 hits, stole a base and had an RBI. LF Charlie Gregor (26-5.2) had 4 hits with a double and scored a run.

Chicago (0) at Omaha (2) Game 1: Tom Lee (27-6.0) (4-3) over Pete Rinehart (26-6.2) (6-9). Lee allowed 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 8. Rinehart allowed 6 hits, 1 walk and struck out no one. LF Dave Cunningham (29-5.4) had 2 hits, stole a base and scored a run.

Chicago (3) at Omaha (2) Game 2: Pony Stanley (22-6.2) (4-0) over Sid Duncan (31-6.8) (2-11). Stanley allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. Duncan allowed 7 hits, 3 walks and struck some one out (1)! With the game tied at 2, 2B John Sullivan (39-4.0) led off the top of the 9th with a triple and scored to put the Colts in front. LF Candy Simpson (26-6.8), the reigning 2-time MVP, suffered a high ankle sprain and will miss the next 3 to 4 weeks.

Pittsburgh (1) at Milwaukee (2) in 13 innings Game 1: Dan Burton (30-4.9) (12-7) over Tom Lilly (25-6.4) (11-5). In 13 innings, Burton allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. Lilly allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. With 1 out in the bottom of the 13th, 1B Pat Ross (28-5.4) doubled and C Jimmy Babcock (28-6.9) singled him home. Neither of them had another hit on the day, but Babcock threw out 6 of 8 base stealers and did not make an error. 3B Andy Byl (31-4.0) had 4 hits, but no runs or RBIs.

Pittsburgh (13) at Milwaukee (5) Game 2: Tom Adams (30-6.0) (11-3) over Tom Washam (32-6.1) (10-3). This game was for first place. Adams allowed 10 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. 2B Dan White (25-5.1) had 2 hits with a triple, scored a run and had 3 RBIs. 3B Charlie Hart (25-2.9) had 3 hits, a walk, stole a base, scored a run and had an RBI.