PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
LOUISVILLE COLTS AT INDIANAPOLIS WESTERNERS
08/18/1887
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PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
LOUISVILLE COLTS AT INDIANAPOLIS WESTERNERS
GAME ID: 1589 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH , 1887 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Louisville Colts (66-28) 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 3 0 12 16 1
Indianapolis Westerners (34-59) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 5
Westerners Rocked By Colts, 12-2
The Louisville Colts pasted the Indianapolis Westerners with a convincing 12-2 defeat at Western Grounds. Charlie Shanafelt was a prime factor in the Louisville win. He went 4-6 with a home run and 3 singles, while scoring 4 times and driving in 5. Louisville leads the Federal League by 5 games.

Louisville relied on the bat of Ken Duncan to get the win. The catcher ripped a run-scoring double in the top of the fourth inning to put the Colts ahead, 1-0. For the game, Duncan had 1 double and 1 triple in 4 at-bats.

"They beat us, they beat us soundly," said losing manager .
LOUISVILLE BATTING LINESCORE INDIANAPOLIS BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Edwards CF 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 .302 6 68
C. Morris 3B 6 1 3 0 0 2 1 .289 3 48
L. Buckley 1B 3 1 0 0 3 0 3 .370 11 92
C. Shanafelt RF 6 4 4 5 0 0 5 .338 13 95
K. Duncan C 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 .255 4 66
N. Heyward SS 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 .305 3 72
S. Day 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .291 6 80
H. Rogers LF 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .294 4 51
K. Hereford P 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 .244 0 12
Totals 41 12 16 11 7 3 20      
BATTING
Doubles: K. Duncan (17, 4th Inning off B. McDonald, 1 on, 2 outs) , N. Heyward (20, 7th Inning off D. Crockett, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: K. Duncan (9, 5th Inning off B. McDonald, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: C. Shanafelt (13, 8th Inning off D. Crockett, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Edwards , C. Morris 3 , C. Shanafelt 7 , K. Duncan 5 , N. Heyward 3 , S. Day 2 , H. Rogers , K. Hereford
2-out RBI: C. Shanafelt , K. Duncan , N. Heyward , S. Day 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Shanafelt , S. Day , H. Rogers , K. Hereford 2
GIDP: L. Buckley , C. Shanafelt
Hit by Pitch: K. Hereford
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: L. Buckley (34) , N. Heyward (21) , S. Day (18) , H. Rogers (32)
CS: J. Edwards (16) , H. Rogers (16)

FIELDING
Errors: C. Morris (42)
Double Plays: 2 (Day-Heyward-Buckley, Buckley-Heyward-Hereford)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Nelson LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .240 3 22
T. Woods 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .221 1 22
K. Nelson SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .316 1 58
W. Wessels 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .290 6 60
B. Riley RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .241 0 44
S. Violette CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .236 2 43
K. Eicher C 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .249 5 42
B. Windom 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .253 0 24
B. McDonald P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .179 0 10
   D. Crockett P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 0 7
Totals 32 2 8 2 0 5 12      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Riley (16, 7th Inning off K. Hereford, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Nelson 2 , T. Woods 2 , W. Wessels , B. Riley 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Windom , B. McDonald
GIDP: W. Wessels , S. Violette
Hit by Pitch: K. Nelson
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Riley (44) , K. Eicher (22)
CS: J. Nelson (24) , B. Riley (13)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Woods (22) , S. Violette 2 (27) , B. Windom 2 (43)
Double Plays: 2 (Nelson-Windom-Wessels, Windom-Nelson-Wessels)
OF assists: 1 (Violette(Heyward at 3rd base))
LOUISVILLE PITCHING LINESCORE INDIANAPOLIS PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Hereford W (17-10) 9.0 8 2 1 0 5 0 104 3.88   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Hereford 70
Batters Faced: K. Hereford 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Hereford 11-7
Pitches - Strikes: K. Hereford 104-76
Hit Batsmen: K. Hereford
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. McDonald L (12-13) 6.0 10 8 5 4 3 0 129 3.71   
D. Crockett 3.0 6 4 4 3 0 1 70 5.13   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. McDonald 25
Batters Faced: B. McDonald 30, D. Crockett 19
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. McDonald 6-5, D. Crockett 1-7
Pitches - Strikes: B. McDonald 129-71, D. Crockett 70-42
WP: B. McDonald 2
Hit Batsmen: D. Crockett
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Charlie Shanafelt
Ballpark: Western Grounds
Weather: Clear skies (74 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:45
Attendance: 1014
Special Notes: Charlie Shanafelt ties the LS1 regular season game record for runs with 4.
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