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May 21, 1877
Boston Red Stockings (3-3) at Louisville Grays (4-1)
The Grays will move into an early tie with Chicago for first place if they can defeat Boston. Meanwhile, the Red Stockings just got the news that Bobby Mathews is joining George Wright on the injured list and they continue to struggle to find their early season form.
Boston lineup
Pony Sager, ss (.000)
Ed Pinkham, rf (.118)
Ross Barnes, 2b (.357)
Cal McVey, c (.414)
Jim O'Rourke, lf (.345)
Al Spalding, p (0-0, 0.00)
Frank McCarton, cf (.222)
Fred Waterman, 3b (.333)
John Morrill, 1b (.250)
Louisville lineup
Joe Gerhardt, 2b (.444)
Jim Clinton, cf (.273)
Ezra Sutton, 3b (.346)
Tom York, lf (.375)
Jim Devlin, 1b (.520)
Scott Hastings, c (.304)
George Bechtel, rf (.417)
Chick Fulmer, ss (.217)
Dan Collins, p (3-0, 1.67)
Infielders Chick Fulmer and Jim Devlin both committed errors in the first inning, and Boston was able to score two runs as a result. From there, the clubs settled in and neither was able to score again in the first four innings.
Louisville scored first in the bottom of the fifth, as Chick Fulmer hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Scott Hastings. Another sacrifice fly by Tom York the next inning allowed them to tie the game at two runs each.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Boston's defense failed them - errors by John Morrill, Ed Pinkham and Fred Waterman set the table, then Big Jim Clinton got an RBI hit and Louisville pulled ahead 4-2.
That was the score in the ninth inning, as Boston had their first two hitters retired then Cal McVey and Orator Jim O'Rourke hit back-to-back triples and suddenly the tying run was 90 feet away. Unfortunately, Al Spalding was up next and he hit a hard grounder to short, and the slick-fielding Chick Fulmer made the play to give Louisville the win.
Louisville 4, Boston 3
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