July 4, 1884
On a day in which the nation celebrated her birthday, the Brooklyn club did battle in Louisville against the Eclipse, a club that has given them trouble this season. In the first of the two games, that trouble continued as the Brooklyns simply could not manage to get any hits at all against the Louisvilles. John Ewing, who has been one of the worst pitchers in the Association so far, completely shut down the Atlantic attack and Louisville won an easy one, 11-2. After the game, Adonis Terry admitted it was one of his worst performances of the season.
However, the second game went somewhat better. It was close early, but second baseman Jack Corcoran, the infielder who can hit but not field the position, managed a home run and a triple and drove in four runs for Brooklyn, and most of the other players got in on the attack as well, as the club pounded out 18 hits and took the game 14-8 in spite of Corcorans four errors in the field.
We ended up seeing both the good and bad for the club today a fitting result on a day of celebration, as it is good simply to have a top baseball team in the borough in this year.
Around baseball:
Chicago 10, Philadelphia 9 (first game) An error by Fred Lewis allowed the winning run to score in the ninth inning.
Chicago 9, Philadelphia 8 (second game) Jack Farrell had a game-winning triple as Chicago again took it in the ninth inning.
New York 13, Detroit 6 John Montgomery Ward had four hits including a home run to lead the Gothams.
Cleveland 4, Providence 2 John Harkins got his nineteenth win with another strong performance.
St. Louis 4, New York 1 (first game) Daisy Davis shut down the Metropolitans.
St. Louis 9, New York 8 (second game) Veteran John Glenn went 4 for 4 to lead the Browns.
Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 2 (first game) Bill Sweeney pitched well and Buck West hit his eighth home run of the season.
Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 0 (second game) Gus Shallix pitched a shutout and allowed only five hits.
Toledo 7, Washington 3 (first game) Tony Mullane had eleven strikeouts in his best pitching performance of the season.
Toledo 9, Washington 3 (second game) Mullane then shut Washington down again in the follow-up game.
Indianapolis 4, Pittsburgh 1 (first game) Larry McKeon had another strong game.
Pittsburgh 7, Indianapolis 2 (second game) Backup catcher Rooney Sweeney had a home run, a double and drove in four runs.
Columbus 4, Baltimore 3 An error by Pretzels Getzien let the winning run score to give Cannonball Morris his twentieth win.
Standings
Cleveland 31-17
New York 31-20
Chicago 26-23
Detroit 26-24
Boston 25-24
Buffalo 22-25
Philadelphia 23-30
Providence 14-35
Philadelphia 30-16
St. Louis 29-16
Indianapolis 28-16
Columbus 28-18
Cincinnati 26-18
New York 24-22
BROOKLYN 23-22
Pittsburgh 22-25
Baltimore 18-24
Toledo 15-31
Louisville 13-30
Washington 13-31
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