Sunday, May 26, 1889
I spent the whole afternoon and evening at the telegraph office and I hope to have something to report tomorrow.
Grand National Association:
Milwaukee (7) at Chicago (6) Game 1: Dave Ward (24-6.1) (7-5) over Pat Seguin (25-4.4) (6-9). Ward allowed 10 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. Seguin allowed 8 hits, 1 walk and struck out 6. A lot of pitchers have won games with worse lines, but his Colt teammates made 7 errors behind him. C Jarvis Patten (32-7.3) had 2 hits with a home run and 3 RBIs.
Milwaukee (3) at Chicago (5) Game 2: Pony Stanley (26-6.2) (8-3) over William Peterson (23-7.7) (2-5). Stanley allowed 9 hits, 4 walks and struck out 2. Peterson allowed 6 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. His teammates made 7 errors. For the Brewers, rookie CF Dave Maxwell (22-5.9) had 3 hits with a triple, stole 2 bases and scored all three of Milwaukee's runs.
Washington (2) at Brooklyn (3): Al Green (26-3.8) (7-4) over Ed Bush (29-5.3) (5-8). Green allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 5. Bush allowed 4 hits, 2 walks and struck out 2. He did not allow and earned run.
Providence (5) at Buffalo (6): Will Vertner (25-6.9) (8-1) over Ed Wison (28-7.3) (5-6). Vertner allowed 7 hits, no walks and struck out 4. Wison allowed 7 hits, 7 walks and struck out 2.
Omaha (4) at St. Louis (3): Skyrocket Rice (24-5.2) (8-4) over Jimmy Richards (26-0.9) (7-6). Rice allowed 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out 4. Richards allowed 11 hits, 5 walks and struck out 2.