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Friday, June 3, 1887
New York Gothams (13-12 .520 4 GB in 2nd place in the Liberty League) at
Detroit Wolverines (19-10 .655 1st place)
Jack Roberts, N.Y. (35-6.1) (R 3-8 6.46 12.2-5.1-1.7 H-BB-K/9) vs. Ed Bush, Det. (27-5.3) (R 9-5 2.75 7.3-2.6-2.7)
Roberts has looked washed up against everyone but us. He beat us 3 weeks ago, 5 to 3, only giving us 6 hits and 2 walks.
Won - 12 to 3
Bush allowed 5 hits (4 for extra bases), 3 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had 2 hits with a double and a walk and scored 3 runs.
We had 13 hits and each team had 3 errors.
LF Al Lewis (21-9.1), in his major league debut, hit a double, scored a run and had an RBI. RF Willie Kirby (25-2.1) had a hit, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. SS Al Shaffer (26-5.6) had a hit, scored 2 runs and had an RBI. CF Tom Panozzo (22-2.0), in his major league debut, had 4 hits with a triple and an inside-the-park home run, scored 2 runs and had 5 RBIs. No one has had a better day at the plate for the Wolverines this season. 1B Tom Duncan (22-6.6) had 2 hits with a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBIs.
For the Gothams, 1B John Hilliard (27-7.2) hit his 6th home run of the season, to tie for the league lead.
Liberty League:
Boston (5) at Louisville (4): Dave Wolf (24-4.7) (5-2) over Count Childs (31-3.1) (5-6). Wolf allowed 8 hits, no walks and struck out no one.
Indianapolis (5) at Pittsburgh (3): Dad Marshall (28-4.4) (4-6) over Whitey Mathews (24-4.1) (5-5). Marshall allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5.
Cincinnati (9) at Cleveland (10): Bill Henrichs (28-7.4) (1-1) in relief of Ed Pedersen (25-5.1) over John Stevens (30-8.2) (6-6). Rookie RF Tom Steiner (20-4.9) doubled home the winning run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. He had 4 hits with 2 doubles, scored a run and had 3 RBIs. For the Reds, CF Fred Kerr (25-5.2) hit a home run. 3B Tacks Strange (33-5.4) broke his knee cap and is done for the season.
Grand National Association:
St. Louis (1) at Brooklyn (4): Ren French (25-4.9) (7-5) over Fred Barrow (35-4.7) (7-7). French allowed 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. Barrow allowed 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out no one.
Kansas City (8) at Omaha (6) in 10 innings: Al McClaughry (23-5.6) (10-8) over Lee Sprague (27-3.5) (8-9). Omaha has lost 4 in a row.
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