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Monday, August 1, 1887
Manager/1B Pete Bucolo (39-4.1) has brought his Red Caps to town to begin a 3 game series today. We are 5-4 against them this season and they beat us 2 times in Boston 2 weeks ago, the last time we met. They are 2nd in the League in scoring with 6.7 runs per game (Detroit is 7th, yes 7th!! with 6.0). They are tied for 4th in runs allowed with 6.6 per game (Detroit is still #1 with 4.9).
Boston Red Caps (36-34 .514 9 GB in 3rd place in the Liberty League) at
Detroit Wolverines (46-26 .639 1st place)
William Little, Bos. (26-6.0) (R 15-13 4.08 10.2-2.6-3.7 H-BB-K/9) vs. Lou Townley, Det. (25-3.4) (R 21-8 2.62 9.1-1.3-3.7).
Joe Peters (31-4.9) and Charlie Morlock (38-6.7) have been relegated to the #3 and #4 pitchers, respectively. Morlock needs 5 wins to reach 300 and unless there is an injury to one of the 3 pitchers ahead of him, he might not make it.
Won - 4 to 1
Townley with his 5th straight exceptional outing.
Townley allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and a walk and scored 2 runs.
Little gave us 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3.
Each team made 2 errors.
2B Al Shaffer (27-5.6) had 3 hits, scored a run and had 3 RBIs. He is now batting .481 with runners in scoring position (25 for 52).
Liberty League:
Louisville (5) at Cleveland (8): Ed Pedersen (25-5.1) (13-21) over William McLeod (28-5.6) (18-12). Pedersen allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1. CF Jake Howard (28-4.6) had 2 hits with his 3rd home run of the season, drew a walk, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBIs. For the Bourbons, rookie RF Dave Odekirk (22-6.5) hit his 3rd home run of the season.
Indianapolis (10) at New York (4): Jimmy Euler (26-5.5) (8-8) over Miah Turner (26-5.3) (15-9). Euler allowed 10 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. He is 6-2 in his last 8 starts.
Pittsburgh (11) at Cincinnati (9): Whitey Mathews (24-4.1) (14-12) over John Stevens (30-8.2) (17-14). 19 total errors in this game. 1B Tom Coponen (31-7.0) hit his 5th home run of the year. 3B Al Oglesby (23-7.6) made his major league debut and hit a double and a triple, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs, but also made 2 errors.
Grand National Association:
Kansas City (10) at Brooklyn (8): Al McClaughry (23-5.6) (23-13) over Al Green (24-3.8) (17-17). For the Gladiators, RF Tom Campbell (29-3.6) hit 2 home runs, drew a walk and had 3 RBIs. He now has 5 home runs on the season.
St. Louis (5) at Providence (2): Fred Barrow (35-4.7) (16-15) over Ed Wison (26-7.3) (10-18). Barrow allowed 8 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. Wison allowed 8 hits, no walks and struck out 2.
Milwaukee (1) at Baltimore (3): Pop Yurkovich (35-5.6) (12-21) over Wiley Steel (25-5.6) (7-10). Yurkovich allowed 7 hits, 7 walks and struck out 4. At bat, he had 2 hits and scored a run. Steel allowed 5 hits, 1 walk and struck out 2. For the Brewers, rookie CF Al Blanchette (22-7.7) had 4 hits and a walk, stole a base and scored their only run.
Chicago (8) at Omaha (6): Pat Seguin (23-4.4) (24-15) over Lee Sprague (27-3.5) (14-21). Seguin allowed 9 hits, no walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had 2 hits and scored 2 runs. CF Tommy Casale (27-3.7) is going to miss the next 2 weeks with a sore ankle.
Down in Syracuse, RF Joe Kraus (30-7.9), who I was considering to come back to Detroit, got a bone bruise and will miss at least 2 weeks.
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