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Tuesday, July 20, 1886

Detroit Wolverines (45-19 .703 1st place in the Liberty League) at
Cleveland Spiders (29-32 .475 14.5 GB in 5th place)

McLeod is 4-1 with a 1.57 ERA in July and has allowed last than 1 walk per 9 innings.

William McLeod, Det. (27-5.6) (R 11-11 2.72 7.0-2.6-6.8 H-BB-K/9) vs. Willis Kornfield, Clev. (33-6.0) (R 0-2 5.17 9.2-5.7-2.9)

Won - 4 to 2

McLeod allowed 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBIs.

Kornfield gave us 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1.

Each team made 3 errors.

3B Sam Boullion (26-4.8) went hitless, ending his streak at 17 straight games. LF Ben Smith (27-6.7) had 2 hits and a walk, stole a base and scored a run. C Evan Eckberg (30-3.5) had 3 hits and a walk and scored a run. SS Al Shaffer (25-5.6) hit a home run to right field, no small thing in this ball park.

For Cleveland, LF Tom Laarman (25-7.8) hit a triple and drew a walk and scored both of their runs. He is now leading the league in hitting with a .342 average, just ahead of Sam Boullion and 1B Sam Cowan (30-5.1).

Liberty League:
New York (10) at Indianapolis (2): Jack Roberts (34-6.1) (16-12) over Levi Giddens (34-4.8) (4-16). Roberts allowed 5 hits, 3 walks and struck out 2. 3B Ed Glass (27-4.5) had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs.

Grand National Association:
Pittsburgh (11) at Baltimore (4): Whitey Mathews (23-4.1) (20-15) over the just recalled Pop Yurkovich (34-5.6) (12-17). Mathews allowed 4 hits, 7 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had a hit and an RBI. CF Al Steel (26-7.0) had 4 hits with a double and a triple, scored 2 runs and 3 RBIs. 3B Dan White (26-5.1) hit 2 triples and scored 2 runs.

Kansas City (2) at Brooklyn (3) in 11 innings: Al Green (23-3.8) (22-9) over Al McClaughry (22-5.6) (16-18). The winning run scored on a 1-out passed ball. In 11 innings, Green allowed 7 hits, 2 walks and struck out 7. McClaughry allowed 8 hits, 5 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had 2 hits and a walk. 3B Kid Angell (37-6.0) had 2 hits and 2 walks and an RBI.

Providence (6) at Milwaukee (3): Tom Blomberg (28-4.7) (16-15) over Zachary Buchanan (25-4.0) (15-19). There was an hour and 47 rain delay in the 3rd inning. In 5 innings, Blomberg allowed 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. At bat, he hit a double. Dave Frazier (26-5.7) pitched the final 4 innings, allowed 1 runs, 1 hit (it went over the fence), 1 walk and struck out 1. C John Toler (28-6.4) had 2 hits with a triple and 3 RBIs. Milwaukee has lost 12 in a row.

Chicago (4) at Omaha (6) Game 1: Lee Sprague (26-3.5) (10-7) over Pony Stanley (23-6.2) (19-15). Sprague allowed 7 hits, no walks and struck out 7. Stanley allowed 9 hits, 3 walks and struck out 1. 2B Ed Aldrich (22-6.8) had 3 hits with a triple, stole a base, scored a run and had 2 RBIs.

Chicago (5) at Omaha (6) in 11 innings Game 2: Tom Lee (28-6.0) (14-13) over Pete Rinehart (27-6.2) (20-12). Omaha scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game. Rookie CF Fred Negus (22-6.7) won the game with a 2-out single. In 11 innings, Lee allowed 11 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5. Rinehart allowed 8 hits, 4 walks and struck out 8.