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May 16, 1876
Louisville Grays (6-3) at Chicago White Stockings (7-2)
Chicago enters the day a half-game behind the idle Mutuals, so a win will move them into a tie for first place. Meanwhile, if surging Louisville can win they and Chicago will be tied a game behind New York. Chicago is without center fielder Paul Hines due to a knee injury and their first-choice backup outfielder, John Glenn, is also out. They will turn to the little-used Pat McGee to start in center field today.
Louisville lineup
Bill Hague, 3b (.300)
Jim Clinton, cf (.250)
Jimmy Wood, 2b (.500)
Tom York, lf (.167)
Jim Devlin, 1b (.350)
Scott Hastings, c (.293)
Chick Fulmer, ss (.214)
Jack Chapman, rf (.200)
Dan Collins, p (4-2, 3.33)
Chicago lineup
Davy Force, ss (.244)
Jim Foran, 1b (.357)
Levi Meyerle, 3b (.364)
George Hall, rf (.293)
Jim Tipper, lf (.294)
Tom Barlow, c (.105)
Joe Quest, 2b (.286)
Pat McGee, cf (.000)
Asa Brainard, p (6-0, 0.68)
Consecutive hits by Chicago's two stars, Levi Meyerle and George Hall, got the White Stockings a run in the bottom of the first inning to begin the scoring. In the second, Pat McGee, Asa Brainard and Davy Force got consecutive two-out singles to allow Chicago to make it 2-0.
Louisville did not get their first hit until the fifth inning, but in that inning hits by Jim Devlin and Bill Hague coupled with errors by Jim Foran and Joe Quest allowed them to tie the score at 2. A RBI double by Devlin and an error by Pat McGee in the fifth made it 4-2 in favor of the Grays. Devlin had yet another RBI hit the next inning to make it 5-2.
From there, things pretty much settled in. Chicago got a run closer, then Louisville got one more insurance run, but that was about it - Chicago never really amounted much of a threat to score and Louisville recorded the win. Devlin was the game's star, going 3 for 5 with three RBI and two runs scored.
Louisville 6, Chicago 3
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