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May 22, 1877
Chicago White Stockings (5-1) at St. Louis Brown Stockings (1-4)
With Louisville and Chicago tied at the top spot, every game is an opportunity for one of them to take over the lead and carries the risk that the other club could pull away. On this Tuesday, Louisville hosts Boston while Chicago travels to St. Louis as part of their first road trip of the season.
Chicago lineup
John Glenn, lf (.238)
George Hall, rf (.300)
Dick Higham, c (.296)
Levi Meyerle, 3b (.429)
Jim Foran, 1b (.348)
Davy Force, 2b (.346)
Paul Hines, cf (.385)
John Peters, ss (.231)
Asa Brainard, p (4-0, 3.00)
St. Louis lineup
Dave Eggler, cf (.375)
John Hatfield, 2b (.524)
Lip Pike, rf (.150)
Dickie Flowers, ss (.304)
Henry Burroughs, 3b (.238)
Ned Cuthbert, lf (.348)
Charlie Hautz, 1b (.190)
Tom Foley, c (.286)
Pud Galvin, p (0-3, 6.48)
Chicago struck first in the second inning, as they had consecutive two-out singles by John Peters, Asa Brainard and Jim Tipper (who had to replace the injured John Glenn in the first inning) to take a 3-0 lead. A triple by Henry Burroughs in the bottom of the inning made it 3-1. In the third Lip Pike singled home Dave Eggler to cut Chicago's lead to 3-2.
St. Louis tied things up in the bottom of the fifth, as Dave Eggler reached base on a fielder's choice, then stole both second and third base and scored on a John Hatfield single. They weren't done in the inning, scoring two more times on a Henry Burroughs triple to take a 5-3 lead. Hatfield knocked home a couple more runs in the next inning, and from there Pud Galvin was able to lock down the White Stockings and St. Louis came up with the comeback win.
St. Louis 8, Chicago 4
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