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1877 Opening Day - May 8, 1877
Boston Red Stockings at St. Louis Brown Stockings
Lineups
Boston Red Stockings
George Wright, ss (.363 in 1876)
Ed Pinkham, rf (.225 in 1876)
Ross Barnes, 2b (.350 in 1876)
Cal McVey, c (.362 in 1876)
Jim O'Rourke, lf (.326 in 1876)
Al Spalding, 1b (.325 in 1876)
Frank McCarton, cf (..372 in 1876)
Harry Schafer, 3b (.231 in 1876)
Bobby Mathews, p (21-7, 2.03 ERA with New York in 1876)
St. Louis Brown Stockings
Dave Eggler, cf (.288 with New York in 1876)
John Hatfield, 2b (.261 with New York in 1876)
Lip Pike, rf (.310 in 1876)
Dickie Flowers, ss (.240 with Boston in 1876)
Henry Burroughs, 3b (.213 with Philadelphia in 1876)
Ned Cuthbert, lf (.222 in 1876)
Silver Flint, c (.094 in 1876)
Charlie Hautz, 1b (.295 in 1876)
Pud Galvin, p (10-26, 2.69 in 1876)
Boston jumped right out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, as McVey and Spalding each got an RBI in the inning. Each club scored a run in the second inning and St. Louis made it 4-2 in the third, with Dickie Flowers getting an RBI hit against his former team.
In the top of the fourth, Boston against had a huge inning, as George Wright kicked off a five-run inning by getting an RBI triple. However, St. Louis got three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, then added three more in the fifth as Boston committed four errors in the inning. Through five innings, Boston held a narrow 9-8 lead in a sloppy game.
The game stayed at 9-8 until the top of the seventh inning, when Ross Barnes hit a two-on, two-out triple to right-center field to give Boston an 11-8 lead, then McVey, baseball's RBI leader two years running, got his fourth RBI of the game to make it 12-8. While each club scored a couple more runs before things ended, St. Louis was never again able to get close enough to present a threat. Boston had its opening day win for 1877.
Boston 14, St. Louis 10
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