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Friday, June 11, 1886
We begin a 3 game series against manager/LF Silver Borresen (32-6.9) and his Reds today. Our 2nd straight series against a second place club. We opened the season by losing 2 of 3 to Cincinnati at home with Steven winning 2 games. The Reds are 4th in the League in scoring with 4.9 runs per game (Detroit is 5th with 4.7). They are 3rd in runs allowed with 4.3 per game (Detroit is still #2 with 3.6). Cincinnati's League Park is 2nd to Detroit now in easiest places to get a home run, but otherwise is nice to pitchers.
Detroit Wolverines (23-10 .697 1st place in the Liberty League) at
Cincinnati Reds (20-12 .625 2.5 GB in 2nd place)
Ed Bush, Det. (26-5.3) (R 9-1 1.42 4.8-2.7-6.3 H-BB-K/9) vs. John Stevens, Cin. (29-8.2) (R 10-5 2.21 7.3-2.1-5.1)
Won - 5 to 3
Bush allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit.
Stevens gave us 9 hits, no walks and struck out 6.
Each team made 2 errors.
RF Joe Kraus (29-7.9) hit a double, stole a base and scored a run and made 2 stellar catches and 1 bum throw. LF Ben Smith (26-6.7) hit a double and had an RBI. C Evan Eckberg (30-3.5) had 3 hits and scored a run and did not have a passed ball or an error. CF Fred Bianco (27-6.9) hit a triple, scored a run and had an RBI. SS Russell Gardner (32-6.4) hit a double and had and RBI.
For Cincinnati, rookie CF Fred Kerr (24-5.2) hit a triple and his 3rd home run of the year (2nd against us) and had 2 RBIs, but struck out to end the game.
Liberty League:
Philadelphia (7) at Cleveland (10): Ed Pedersen (24-5.1) (7-7) over Ted Ryther (32-4.3) (4-11). 1B Fred Roberts (27-7.0) had 2 hits with a double and a walk, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. C Deacon Dubin (29-8.8) had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored 2 runs. 2B Jesse Flanders (26-5.4) had 2 hits with a double and a walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs.
Rochester (2) at New York (1): Bill Henson (29-6.5) (5-10) over Miah Turner (25-5.3) (7-8). Henson allowed 6 hits, 3 walks and struck out 8. At bat, he hit a double and had an RBI. Turner allowed 7 hits, no walks and struck out 11. At bat, he had a hit. In his last 5 losses, he has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in any of them. C Willie Ticknor (29-3.1) had 2 hits with a home run and threw out the only runner who attempted to steal a base.
Indianapolis (1) at Boston (7): Charlie Morlock (36-6.7) (8-7) over Levi Giddens (34-4.8) (1-8). Morlock allowed 10 hits, no walks and struck out 8. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. CF Pat Stafford (25-5.4) had 2 hits with a double, stole a base, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. C Hub West (32-6.7) had 2 hits with a double and a walk and 2 RBIs.
Grand National Association:
Brooklyn (14) at Baltimore (4): Ren French (24-4.9) (10-4) over Pop Yurkovich (34-5.6) (6-12). French allowed 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 6. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs. SS Charlie Smith (28-5.6) had 5 hits, stole a base, scored a run and had 3 RBIs.
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