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Thursday, August 20, 1885
Cincinnati Reds (44-38 .537 9 GB in 4th place in the Liberty League) at
Detroit Wolverines (53-29 .646 1st place)
John Stevens, Cin. (28-8.2) (R 22-15 1.85 7.4-1.2-5.0 H-BB-K/9) vs. William McLeod, Det. (26-5.6) (R 27-9 1.91 6.6-2.6-4.5)
Lost - 4 to 3
McLeod allowed 7 hits, 7 walks and struck out 5. He was a little wild....
Stevens gave us 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4.
We made 4 errors and the Reds made 2.
RF Joe Kraus (28-7.9) hit a double. 2B Jocko Cole (23-6.1) hit a double. LF Ben Smith (26-6.7) hit his 5th home run of the season. 1B Jim Oman (24-5.8) hit a double and scored 2 runs. 3B Sam Boullion (25-4.8) hit a double and had an RBI. C Joe Kotlyar (29-6.2) hit a double and had an RBI.
For the Reds, manager/CF Silver Borresen (31-6.9) had 3 hits with a double and a triple and scored a run. 2B Jumbo Lynn (25-3.8) had 2 hits and a walk, stole a base and had 2 RBIs. 1B Joe Vaughan (30-5.2) had 2 hits with a double and a walk, and an RBI.
Liberty League:
New York (7) at Rochester (1): Al Stone (25-3.1) (5-4) over Bill McClean (39-6.0) (7-35). Stone allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out no one. McClean allowed 10 hits, 3 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit. He has lost 7 in a row and the Jingoes have lost 11 straight. The record for losses in a season is 42 by Bones Lane of Washington in 1878. He won 11 times and never pitched in the majors after that season. SS Bill Baker (23-36) had 3 hits with a double, scored a run and had an RBI.
Boston (8) at Troy (1): Joe Peters (29-4.9) (31-10) over Harry Lamb (30-6.4) (19-14). Peters allowed 3 hits, 4 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. He has won 5 in a row and 8 of his last 9 decisions. Boston has won 11 in a row and is now in 1st place, .003 ahead of Detroit. LF Charlie Warner (31-9.2) had 3 hits with a double and his 6th home run of the year, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBIs.
Washington (1) at Cleveland (4): Willis Kornfield (32-6.0) (21-18) over Lou Townley (23-3.4) (21-20). Kornfield allowed 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had 2 hits. Townley allowed 9 hits, no walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit and a walk. He has now lost 6 of his last 7 starts, only on of which was a poor outing. He is maybe the pitcher I wish I had on Detroit more than any other we have faced this season. RF Joe Coffey (29-5.2) had 2 hits with a triple and scored a run. Cleveland turned 3 double-plays.
Grand National Association:
Providence (6) at Pittsburgh (5): Dave Frazier (25-5.7) (1-0) in his major league debut over John Ericson (28-6.4) (1-3). In 8 innings, Frazier allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. He was pinch-hit for in the top of the 9th, because the Grays were losing 5 to 4. They scored twice to take the lead. Egyptian Hooker (37-3.9) pitched the bottom of the 9th and secured the win after giving up a couple of hits. LF Charlie Gregor (26-5.2) had 2 hits and 3 RBIs, 2 of which came in the top of the 9th with 2 outs.
Brooklyn (7) at Baltimore (2): Dick Cole (31-5.9) (14-14) over Tom Wilmarth (25-5.4) (9-21). Cole allowed 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out no one. At bat, he had a hit. 3B Bones Collins (30-4.4) had 3 hits with a double, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs.
Omaha (4) at Milwaukee (2): Tom Lee (27-6.0) (17-6) over Dan Burton (30-4.9) (26-25). Lee allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he hit a double. Burton allowed 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3.
Chicago (6) at Kansas City (7): Dan Butler (28-4.7) (1-0) over Fred Barrow (33-4.7) (5-8). Butler, in his season debut after breaking his leg in Spring Training, allowed 12 hits, 2 walks and struck out 8. At bat, he had a hit. 3B Erve More (26-4.5) had 2 hits with a double and a walk, stole a base and scored 2 runs.
Last edited by Questdog; 06-11-2015 at 04:07 PM.
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