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October 3, 1883 – Game 1 of the 2nd World’s Series Tournament

St. Louis Browns at Boston Beaneaters

Starting lineups:

St. Louis

LF, Jim Clinton (.236)
C, Barney Gilligan (.258)
SS, Bill Gleason (.284)
CF, Oscar Walker (.272)
RF, Harry McCaffery (.269)
2B, Bill Smiley (.231)
3B, Ed Brown (.255)
1B, Redleg Snyder (.259)
P, Bert Dorr (31-10, 1.69)

Boston

1B, John Reilly (.252)
SS, Arthur Irwin (.287)
2B, Ross Barnes (.327)
LF, Harry Stovey (.288)
CF, Pete Hotaling (.265)
RF, Paul Radford (.283)
3B, Ed Pinkham (.309)
C, Pat Deasley (.258)
P, George Knight (32-14, 1.58)

Top of first: Knight struck out Clinton and Gilligan. Gleason singled to center. Walker grounded out to first.

Bottom of first: Reilly grounded out to short. Irwin walked. Barnes grounded to first, with the fielder’s choice getting the lead runner at second. Barnes stole second. Stovey grounded to short.

Top of second: McCaffery doubled to right center. Smiley rolled out to pitcher, McCaffery to third. Brown popped to short. Snyder grounded to short.

Bottom of second: Hotaling singled to right. Radford singled to center, Hotaling to second. Pinkham singled to center, Hotaling to third, Radford to second. Deasley hit a sacrifice fly to left center, Hotaling scored. Boston 1, St. Louis 0. Knight hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Radford to third, Pinkham to second. Reilly grounded to third but Ed Brown made a fielding error, Radford scored, Pinkham to third. Boston 2, St. Louis 0. Reilly stole second. Irwin singled to left, Pinkham and Reilly scored. Boston 4, St. Louis 0. Barnes popped to second.

Top of third: Dorr struck out. Clinton grounded to second. Gilligan walked. Gleason grounded to second.

Bottom of third: Stovey tripled to center. Hotaling struck out. Radford struck out. Pinkham grounded to second.

Top of fourth: Walker grounded to first. McCaffery struck out. Smiley singled to left. Smiley advanced to second on a passed ball. Brown struck out.

Bottom of fourth: Deasley singled to left. Knight sacrificed to second, Deasley to second. Reilly rolled out to pitcher, Deasley to third. Irwin grounded to second.

Top of fifth: Snyder flied to right. Dorr grounded to second. Clinton flied to center.

Bottom of fifth: Barnes flied to left. Stovey flied to center. Hotaling lined out to left.

Top of sixth: Gilligan grounded to second. Gleason grounded to short. Walker grounded to second.

Bottom of sixth: Radford tripled to right. Pinkham flied to center. Deasley grounded to second, Radford scored. Boston 5, St. Louis 0. Knight grounded to short.

Top of seventh: McCaffery struck out. Smiley grounded to second. Brown struck out.

Bottom of seventh: Reilly lined out to short. Irwin grounded to short, but Gleason made a fielding error. Irwin stole second, advancing to third on Gilligan’s throwing error. Barnes grounded to short, Irwin scored. Boston 6, St. Louis 0. Stovey tripled to right. Hotaling flied to right.

Top of eighth: Snyder grounded to second. Eddie Fusselback pinch hit for Dorr and grounded out to third. Clinton grounded to short.

Bottom of eighth: John Doyle pitching for St. Louis. Radford singled to left. Pinkham grounded out to pitcher, with the lead runner out at second. Pinkham stole second, advancing to third on Gilligan’s throwing error. Deasley doubled to left, Pinkham scored. Boston 7, St. Louis 0. Knight grounded out to pitcher, Deasley advancing to third. Reilly grounded to short.

Top of ninth: Gilligan grounded to second. Gleason grounded to short. Jim Britt pinch hit for Oscar Walker, and doubled to right. McCaffery struck out.

Final score Boston 7, St. Louis 0. Player of the game George Knight – complete game shutout with eight strikeouts and one walk.