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Questdog · 06-15-2016, 12:45 AM

Thursday, June 6, 1889

We are in Cleveland for a 3 game series against manager William Morey (47-7.5) and his Spiders. After this we will head back home and play as series against these same Spiders before heading off on an extended road trip. They are 7th in runs scored with 4.8 per game (Detroit seems to have settled in comfortably at #6 with 5.1). They are 4th in runs allowed with 5.4 per game (Detroit is back to #1 with 3.6). As I mentioned the last time we were here, this League Park is a fairly fair place for a ball game. Home runs are hard to come by, especially to left field, but their infield is very fast and ground balls will get past the defenders more often than at other parks (except for Kansas City's Exposition Park).

We beat them 3 of 4 here a month ago, the last time we met, but all the games were closely contested.

Detroit Wolverines (18-9 .667 in 1st place in the Liberty League) at
Cleveland Spiders (13-20 .394 8 GB in 6th place)

Dave Frazier, Det. (29-5.7) (L 1-5 3.60 9.6-3.4-2.2 H/9-BB/9-SO/9) vs. Lou Townley, Clev. (27-3.5) (R 5-7 3.11 10.5-2.4-6.1)

We are 2-0 against our former ace this season, but his team only scored him 3 runs total in the 2 games. If Frazier has a poor outing, he may find himself on a train for Syracuse.

LINEUPS (* = LHB # = SHB)
DET - 1: 3B Ed Aldrich (25-6.8) 2: RF Tom Morgenthal (27-5.3) 3: LF Al Lewis* (23-9.1) 4: SS Pat Dunbar (27-8.3) 5: 1B Dave Odekirk# (24-6.5) 6: CF Sam King (23-6.0) 7: 2B Ducky Foster (24-9.0) 8: C Pony Lanza* (29-4.9)

CLEV - 1: CF Ed William (28-6.0) 2: 3B Tom Nelson (22-6.6) 3: RF Tom Steiner (23-4.9) 4: C Deacon Dubin (32-8.8) 5: 1B Dave Kelly (27-6.0) 6: LF Effie Poff* (23-8.5) 7: 2B Sy Herzberger (28-6.4) 8: SS Gussie Byrne (29-4.4)

Frazier saved his bacon for one more start, but that's about all you can say.

Lost - 3 to 2

Frazier allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit.

Townley gave us 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 8.

We made 1 error and the Spiders made 2.

Tom Morgenthal had 2 hits and stole a base. Ducky Foster, in his season debut, had 2 hits, stole 2 bases and scored a run.

Liberty League:
Cincinnati (9) at Louisville (15): William McLeod (30-5.6) (6-5) over Charlie Branham (29-4.2) (9-3). Two old Wolverines excelled today: RF Pat Womack (28-6.3) had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 4 RBIs and CF Tom Panozzo (24-2.0) had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the year, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBIs.

Pittsburgh (3) at Boston (10): Dave Wolf (26-4.7) (5-6) over Joe Peters (33-4.9) (4.6). Wolf allowed 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. LF Jocko Breton (26-4.5) had 4 hits with a double and his 3rd home run of the year, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBIs.

Indianapolis (7) at Kansas City (9): Piggy Lambert (25-8.2) (5-6) over Al Conradt (25-4.1) (2-9).

Grand National Association:
Milwaukee (3) at Brooklyn (9) Game 1: William David (26-3.6) (8-3) over Dave Ward (24-6.1) (7-8). David allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBIs.

Milwaukee (3) at Brooklyn (18) Game 2: Tom Homer (25-5.0) (4-6) over Dave Ward (24-6.1) (7-9). Homer allowed 5 hits, 3 walks and struck out 11. This boy has real talent if he can ever harness his control. SS Charlie Smith (31-5.6) had 4 hits and a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs. Ward has lost 5 in a row and 8 of his last 9. Trying to pitch both ends of a double-header did not work out so well.

St. Louis (9) at Buffalo (13): Will Vertner (25-6.9) (11-1) over Con Arnold (25-6.3) (4-8). Vertner lost his 1st start of the year and has now won 11 in a row. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. Washington Macho (39-8.3) had 3 hits with a double and his 2nd home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs.

Omaha (2) at Providence (7): Jimmy Harrison (22-4.6) (4-7) over Lee Sprague (29-3.5) (8-8). Harrison allowed 6 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. Sprague did not allow and earned run. He allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. The Mutuals made 8 errors to none for the Grays.

Chicago (5) at Washington (10): Tom Graves (24-6.2) (3-1) over Skyrocket Howard (24-5.4) (7-5). Graves allowed 10 hits, 5 walks and struck out 4. SS John Ingling (29-4.6) had 3 hits and scored 3 runs. C Caleb Sawyer (30-8.9) hit a double and a home run and scored twice.

06-15-2016, 12:45 AM	#1919
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, June 6, 1889 We are in Cleveland for a 3 game series against manager William Morey (47-7.5) and his Spiders. After this we will head back home and play as series against these same Spiders before heading off on an extended road trip. They are 7th in runs scored with 4.8 per game (Detroit seems to have settled in comfortably at #6 with 5.1). They are 4th in runs allowed with 5.4 per game (Detroit is back to #1 with 3.6). As I mentioned the last time we were here, this League Park is a fairly fair place for a ball game. Home runs are hard to come by, especially to left field, but their infield is very fast and ground balls will get past the defenders more often than at other parks (except for Kansas City's Exposition Park). We beat them 3 of 4 here a month ago, the last time we met, but all the games were closely contested. Detroit Wolverines (18-9 .667 in 1st place in the Liberty League) at Cleveland Spiders (13-20 .394 8 GB in 6th place) Dave Frazier, Det. (29-5.7) (L 1-5 3.60 9.6-3.4-2.2 H/9-BB/9-SO/9) vs. Lou Townley, Clev. (27-3.5) (R 5-7 3.11 10.5-2.4-6.1) We are 2-0 against our former ace this season, but his team only scored him 3 runs total in the 2 games. If Frazier has a poor outing, he may find himself on a train for Syracuse. LINEUPS (* = LHB # = SHB) DET - 1: 3B Ed Aldrich (25-6.8) 2: RF Tom Morgenthal (27-5.3) 3: LF Al Lewis* (23-9.1) 4: SS Pat Dunbar (27-8.3) 5: 1B Dave Odekirk# (24-6.5) 6: CF Sam King (23-6.0) 7: 2B Ducky Foster (24-9.0) 8: C Pony Lanza* (29-4.9) CLEV - 1: CF Ed William (28-6.0) 2: 3B Tom Nelson (22-6.6) 3: RF Tom Steiner (23-4.9) 4: C Deacon Dubin (32-8.8) 5: 1B Dave Kelly (27-6.0) 6: LF Effie Poff* (23-8.5) 7: 2B Sy Herzberger (28-6.4) 8: SS Gussie Byrne (29-4.4) Frazier saved his bacon for one more start, but that's about all you can say. Lost - 3 to 2 Frazier allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 1. At bat, he had a hit. Townley gave us 7 hits, 1 walk and struck out 8. We made 1 error and the Spiders made 2. Tom Morgenthal had 2 hits and stole a base. Ducky Foster, in his season debut, had 2 hits, stole 2 bases and scored a run. Liberty League: Cincinnati (9) at Louisville (15): William McLeod (30-5.6) (6-5) over Charlie Branham (29-4.2) (9-3). Two old Wolverines excelled today: RF Pat Womack (28-6.3) had 2 hits with a double, scored a run and had 4 RBIs and CF Tom Panozzo (24-2.0) had 3 hits with his 3rd home run of the year, stole a base, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBIs. Pittsburgh (3) at Boston (10): Dave Wolf (26-4.7) (5-6) over Joe Peters (33-4.9) (4.6). Wolf allowed 8 hits, 2 walks and struck out 4. LF Jocko Breton (26-4.5) had 4 hits with a double and his 3rd home run of the year, scored 3 runs and had 4 RBIs. Indianapolis (7) at Kansas City (9): Piggy Lambert (25-8.2) (5-6) over Al Conradt (25-4.1) (2-9). Grand National Association: Milwaukee (3) at Brooklyn (9) Game 1: William David (26-3.6) (8-3) over Dave Ward (24-6.1) (7-8). David allowed 8 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3. At bat, he had a hit and 2 RBIs. Milwaukee (3) at Brooklyn (18) Game 2: Tom Homer (25-5.0) (4-6) over Dave Ward (24-6.1) (7-9). Homer allowed 5 hits, 3 walks and struck out 11. This boy has real talent if he can ever harness his control. SS Charlie Smith (31-5.6) had 4 hits and a walk, stole 2 bases, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs. Ward has lost 5 in a row and 8 of his last 9. Trying to pitch both ends of a double-header did not work out so well. St. Louis (9) at Buffalo (13): Will Vertner (25-6.9) (11-1) over Con Arnold (25-6.3) (4-8). Vertner lost his 1st start of the year and has now won 11 in a row. At bat, he had 2 hits, scored a run and had 2 RBIs. Washington Macho (39-8.3) had 3 hits with a double and his 2nd home run of the season, drew a walk, scored 3 runs and had 2 RBIs. Omaha (2) at Providence (7): Jimmy Harrison (22-4.6) (4-7) over Lee Sprague (29-3.5) (8-8). Harrison allowed 6 hits, 5 walks and struck out 5. At bat, he had a hit and scored a run. Sprague did not allow and earned run. He allowed 9 hits, 2 walks and struck out 3. The Mutuals made 8 errors to none for the Grays. Chicago (5) at Washington (10): Tom Graves (24-6.2) (3-1) over Skyrocket Howard (24-5.4) (7-5). Graves allowed 10 hits, 5 walks and struck out 4. SS John Ingling (29-4.6) had 3 hits and scored 3 runs. C Caleb Sawyer (30-8.9) hit a double and a home run and scored twice. Last edited by Questdog; 06-15-2016 at 09:57 AM.