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May 3, 1876
New York Mutuals (3-0) at Philadelphia Athletics (1-2)
The Mutuals have the chance to catch Chicago at 4-0 with a win against the Athletics.
New York lineup
Dave Eggler, cf (.429)
John McMullin, rf (.538)
Steve King, lf (.143)
Ezra Sutton, ss (.231)
John Hatfield, 2b (.125)
Bob Ferguson, 3b (.538)
Nat Hicks, c (.000)
Z.H. Taylor, 1b (.091)
Hugh Campbell, p (1-0, 2.00)
Philadelphia lineup
Mike McGeary, 2b (.154)
Count Sensenderfer, cf (.182)
Deacon White, c (.154)
Cap Anson, 1b (.231)
John Radcliff, ss (.250)
Clipper Flynn, rf (.700)
Count Gedney, lf (.400)
Henry Burroughs, 3b (.273)
Dick McBride, p (0-1, 2.70)
This game was a duel of pitching and defense - neither club managed to score for the game's first four innings. In the fifth, New York's John McMullin singled home Z.H. Taylor, and the Mutuals took a 1-0 lead.
From there, pitching and defense took over and no one scored again until the eighth inning. In the eighth, three consecutive hits - singles by Ezra Sutton and John Hatfield and a double by Bob Ferguson - led to two runs for New York to give them a 3-0 lead. However, a Mike McGeary double, a Count Sensenderfer single and a couple of Mutual errors allowed Philadelphia to make it 3-2 in the bottom of the inning. The game headed into the ninth inning with New York on top 3-2.
New York went down in order in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the inning, Henry Burroughs got a one-out single. Pinch hitter Charlie Pabor, batting for Dick McBride, hit into a fielder's choice, then Mike McGeary, the Athletics' last hope, hit a weak grounder back to Hugh Campbell, who threw him out at first to end the game.
New York and Chicago were both undefeated and together at the top of the standings.
New York 3, Philadelphia 2
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