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May 11, 1876
Philadelphia Athletics (2-5) at New York Mutuals (7-1)
After Chicago lost their home opener against lowly Cincinnati to become the last unbeaten club to fall, New York had a half-game lead in the NL. In this game, they'd fight to hold the lead as Chicago hosted the Reds once again.
Philadelphia lineup
Mike McGeary, 2b (.147)
Count Sensenderfer, cf (.241)
Deacon White, c (.281)
Cap Anson, 1b (.300)
John Radcliff, ss (.346)
Charlie Pabor, rf (.250)
Count Gedney, lf (.348)
Henry Burroughs, 3b (.357)
Lon Knight, p (1-2, 2.37)
New York lineup
Dave Eggler, cf (.342)
John McMullin, rf (.371)
Steve King, lf (.216)
Ezra Sutton, ss (.375)
John Clapp, c (.278)
Bob Ferguson, 3b (.281)
John Hatfield, 2b (.300)
Z.H. Taylor, 1b (.167)
Bobby Mathews, p (4-0, 1.25)
Each club managed one run in the first three innings of the game, Philadelphia on a Bob Ferguson error followed by two singles and New York on two singles followed by a Charlie Pabor error. In the top of the fourth, Philadelphia got consecutive two-out RBI hits by Mike McGeary, Count Sensenderfer and Deacon White to take a 4-1 lead.
The Mutuals struck right back in the bottom of the fourth, scoring three runs of their own with a John Hatfield sacrifice fly and then taking advantage of a couple errors by Henry Burroughs. A Mike McGeary error in the fifth allowed New York to take its first lead of the game, 5-4.
New York extended its lead in the bottom of the seventh, as John Hatfield and Z.H. Taylor each got RBI singles with two outs to make it 7-4. It looked close to being wrapped out, but in the top of the eighth, Deacon White came up with two outs and the bases loaded after the Athletics had already scored one run. White smashed a triple to score three runs and give the Athletics an 8-7 lead.
That was the score going into the bottom of the ninth. For New York, John Clapp led off the inning with a fly to center field that Count Sensenderfer dropped, allowing Clapp to reach base. Bob Ferguson followed with a base hit, then Hatfield sacrificed the two runners into scoring position. Candy Nelson batted for Z.H. Taylor, he singled to right and both runners came in to score and New York had a walk-off 9-8 victory.
New York overcame a five-RBI performance by Deacon White in the game, and stayed a half-game ahead of Chicago, who also won their game.
New York 9, Philadelphia 8
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