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Wednesday, August 12, 1885
Cleveland Spiders (39-37 .513 10 GB in 5th place in the Liberty League) at
Detroit Wolverines (49-27 .645 1st place)
We begin an 8 game home-stand with 4 games against manager Paul Richards (44-5.4) and his Spiders. We are 6-2 against Cleveland so far this year and we beat them 3 of 4 at their park the last time we met. They are 7th in the league in scoring with 4.3 runs per game (Detroit is down to 5th with 4.8). They are 6th in runs allowed with 5.1 per game (Detroit is still #1 with 3.9).
Willis Kornfield, Clev. (32-6.0) (R 19-17 2.99 9.2-2.7-3.6 H-BB-K/9) vs. William McLeod, Det. (26-5.6) (R 25-8 1.85 6.5-2.7-4.5)
Won - 9 to 5
Home, sweet home! This was out 7th home win in a row. We are now 24-9 here and 26-18 on the road.
McLeod allowed 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5.
We had 12 hits and made 2 errors. Cleveland made 5.
RF Joe Kraus (28-7.9) had 3 hits with a double and a triple and a walk and scored 2 runs. CF Fred Bianco (26-6.9) had 2 hits, stole 3 bases, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. LF Ben Smith (26-6.7) had 2 hits and an RBI. 1B Jim Oman (24-5.8) had 2 hits with a 2-run home run. 3B Sam Boullion (25-4.8) hit an inside-the-park home run, scored twice and had 2 RBIs. It was his third round-tripper of the year.
For the Spiders, C Deacon Dubin (28-8.8) had 2 hits with his own inside-the-park home run (he actually hit his first) and had 2 RBIs.
Liberty League:
Washington (6) at Cincinnati (3): Lou Townley (23-3.4) (21-17) over John Stevens (28-8.2) (21-14). Townley allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. Stevens allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 8. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double and scored a run. I cannot tell you why Stevens lost: Washington made 6 errors and Cincinnati made 4. SS Otto Warfel (34-8.5) hit his 2nd home run of the year and had 2 RBIs.
Rochester (4) at Troy (5): Miah Turner (24-5.3) (19-17) over George Skinner (29-7.8) (1-1). The game was tied at 3 going in to the 9th. Rochester scored once in the top of the inning, but Troy scored twice in the bottom. Turner allowed 9 hits, no walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had a hit, 3 walks and scored a run. The winning run scored on a 2-out passed ball. RF Bert Gellis (24-5.5) had 2 hits with a double, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. For Rochester, CF John Meredith (30-6.0) hit 3 doubles, scored a run and had 2 RBIs.
New York (4) at Boston (5) in 10 innings: Joe Peters (29-4.9) (28-10) over Count Childs (29-3.1) (17-21). In 10 innings, Peters allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 3. Childs allowed 9 hits, 4 walks and struck out 6. He has lost 4 of his last 5. An error, a wild pitch and a fly ball ended the game. Boston has won 6 in a row. Manager/1B Pete Bucolo (37-4.1) had 3 hits with a double and scored 2 runs. For New York, RF Charlie Smith (27-5.6) had 3 hits with a double and 3 RBIs.
Grand National Association:
Baltimore (1) at Omaha (7): Tom Lee (27-6.0) (16-5) over Tom Wilmarth (25-5.4) (9-19). Lee allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 9. Wilmarth allowed 5 hits, 4 walks and struck out 1. C Charlie LeFevre (31-5.0) had 2 hits and a walk, scored a run and had an RBI.
Brooklyn (2) at Milwaukee (0): Al Green (22-3.8) (8-7) over Tom Washam (32-6.1) (18-10). Green allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. At bat, he had 3 hits with a double. He now has 3 shutouts on the season. Washam allowed 10 hits, no walks and struck out 5.
Last edited by Questdog; 06-10-2015 at 09:31 PM.
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