PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
MONTREAL TIGERS AT KANSAS CITY PRAIRIE DOGS
08/31/1888
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PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
MONTREAL TIGERS AT KANSAS CITY PRAIRIE DOGS
GAME ID: 1624 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST , 1888 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal Tigers (55-46) 2 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 3 15 16 0
Kansas City Prairie Dogs (40-67) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 4
Shelton Bashes 5 Base Hits
It was a parade of hits for Crab Shelton of the Montreal Tigers at Carver Grounds.

Connecting almost every time he went to the plate, Shelton finished the day with a total of 5 hits in 5 at-bats. His strong individual effort propelled the Tigers to a win, 15-2.

"Shelton was really good and we were really bad," groaned Prairie Dogs manager . "Next time he's that hot, we'll just walk him."

Crab Shelton walked in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Tom Child in the 3rd, hit a three-run home run off Tom Child in the 4th, singled in the 6th, singled in the 8th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

This season, Shelton is batting .290 with 69 RBIs, 80 runs scored and 5 home runs.
MONTREAL BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Brown CF 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 .242 6 58
D. Dye SS 5 3 2 1 0 0 3 .265 2 32
C. Shelton 1B 5 6 5 6 1 0 0 .290 5 69
S. Burchett LF 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 .274 7 49
T. Fowler C 6 0 4 6 0 0 2 .264 6 78
Z. Shipe RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 .220 2 40
C. Smith 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .173 2 35
W. Dobson 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .226 0 30
S. Archibald P 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 .151 1 12
Totals 44 15 16 15 3 1 26      
BATTING
Doubles: T. Fowler (25, 4th Inning off H. Johnson, 1 on, 2 outs)
Triples: S. Burchett (10, 3rd Inning off T. Child, 0 on, 1 out) , D. Dye (7, 9th Inning off H. Johnson, 1 on, 1 out) , T. Fowler (8, 9th Inning off H. Johnson, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: C. Shelton 2 (5, 3rd Inning off T. Child, 1 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off T. Child, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: D. Dye 4 , C. Shelton 11 , S. Burchett 4 , T. Fowler 7 , C. Smith 2 , W. Dobson
2-out RBI: C. Shelton , T. Fowler 3 , C. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Brown , D. Dye , Z. Shipe 2 , W. Dobson
Sac Bunt: D. Dye
Hit by Pitch: B. Brown , S. Burchett , Z. Shipe
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Brown (44) , C. Shelton (45) , S. Archibald (7)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Dobson-Shelton)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Scott 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286 1 48
C. Johnston LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .227 2 34
B. Marshall C 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .262 5 53
J. Reding RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .259 15 64
T. Cate CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .226 3 33
S. Monson 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .221 1 32
T. Bonney SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .215 1 30
B. Swanson 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .181 0 17
   a-B. Eggleston PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246 0 9
T. Child P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .225 1 15
   H. Johnson P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 2 4 14      
a - B. Eggleston pinch hit for B. Swanson in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Monson (1, 2nd Inning off S. Archibald, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Scott 2 , B. Marshall , T. Cate , S. Monson 4 , T. Bonney , B. Swanson
2-out RBI: J. Scott
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Johnston , S. Monson
GIDP: J. Reding
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Scott (35) , T. Bonney (29)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Scott 2 (26) , T. Bonney (104) , B. Swanson (54)
OF assists: 2 (Cate(Burchett at 3rd base), Cate(Fowler at 3rd base))
MONTREAL PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Archibald W (15-16) 9.0 7 2 2 2 4 1 130 2.85   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Archibald 67
Batters Faced: S. Archibald 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Archibald 7-15
Pitches - Strikes: S. Archibald 130-79
WP: S. Archibald
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Child L (13-19) 3.2 6 9 7 2 1 2 64 3.14   
H. Johnson 5.1 10 6 5 1 0 0 88 8.49   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Child 14
Batters Faced: T. Child 22, H. Johnson 29
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Child 5-4, H. Johnson 9-6
Pitches - Strikes: T. Child 64-39, H. Johnson 88-55
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Johnson 1-1
WP: T. Child , H. Johnson
Hit Batsmen: T. Child 2 , H. Johnson
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Crab Shelton
Ballpark: Carver Grounds
Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 13 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM CT
Time: 3:36
Attendance: 1287
Special Notes: Rain delay of 52 minutes in the 3rd inning. Crab Shelton ties the MT1 regular season game record for runs with 5. Crab Shelton ties the MT1 regular season game record for hits with 5. Crab Shelton ties the IA regular season game record for runs with 6.
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