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Tuesday, July 5, 1887
Pittsburgh Puddlers (24-23 .511 7 GB in 4th place in the Liberty League) at
Detroit Wolverines (34-19 .642 1st place)
Tom Adams, Pitt. (32-6.0) (L 5-5 4.63 12.1-1.4-1.8 H-BB-K/9) vs. Al Rice, Det. (22-7.6) (R 2-0 1.50 7.5-0.5-3.0)
Won - 6 to 4
Rice allowed 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 7. 7 is the season high for our pitchers. At bat, he had a hit, scored a run and had an RBI.
Adams gave us 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out no one.
We made 4 errors and Pittsburgh made 3.
LF Ben Smith (28-6.7) had 2 hits. 1B Zenas Woodard (27-4.6) had 2 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. C Jimmy Babcock (30-6.9) hit a triple, scored a run and had 2 RBIs.
Liberty League:
Boston (3) at Cleveland (6): Artie Boucher (24-6.1) (3-1) over Charlie Morlock (38-6.7) (8-13). Boucher allowed 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out 3.
Indianapolis (6) at Cincinnati (12): Dan Burton (32-4.9) (2-0) over Levi Giddens (35-4.8) (0-2). Burton allowed 9 hits, 3 walks and struck out 4. RF Fleet Wilcox (30-4.9) hit his League-leading 13th home run. We have not yet reached the halfway point of the season, so Wilcox's own all-time record of 18 home runs appears to be in jeopardy. The Hoosiers have now lost 9 in a row.
Grand National Association:
Providence (7) at Milwaukee (9): Wiley Steel (25-5.6) (5-7) over Ed Hodges (27-3.2) (7-17). Steel allowed 9 hits, 1 walk and struck out 4. 1B Dave Gray (26-4.9) hit his 2nd home run of the year. RF Ed Capps (24-6.1) hit his league-leading 7th.
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