Sunday, June 10, 1888
Trade! Pittsburgh (LBL) sent RF Ace Trimmell (30-5.0) to Cleveland (LBL) for RF Jake Howard (29-4.6) and minor league C Tom Conner (23-8.8). Conner looks to be a middling prospect at best. Most pre-season lists had him ranked near the bottom of the top 50 prospects.
Grand National Association:
Washington (1) at Providence (3): Ed Hodges (28-3.2) (9-5) over Ed Bush (28-5.3) (6-9). Hodges allowed 5 hit, 7 walks and struck out 4. Bush allowed 5 hits, 2 walks and struck out 5. Each team made 1 error.
Omaha (6) at Brooklyn (7) in 10 innings: Al Green (25-3.8) (8-10) over Royal Parmelee (27-6.5) (0-3) in relief of Skyrocket Rice (23-5.2). Rookie 2B Con Nixon (25-8.1) hit his 3rd home run of the season in the bottom of the 10th to win the game. SS Charlie Smith (30-5.6) had 3 hits with a home run, stole a base, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs.
Kansas City (9) at Chicago (5): Piggy Lambert (24-8.2) (2-2) over Pat Seguin (24-4.4) (10-7). LF Lou Baggett (26-4.2) hit his 2nd home run of the season. For the Colts, 2B Eb Provost (24-4.6) hit a triple and a home run and drew a walk. Seguin has lost 4 of his last 5.
St. Louis (3) at Milwaukee (4): Zachary Buchanan (27-4.0) (9-7) over Fred Barrow (36-4.7) (2-6). Buchanan allowed 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 1.