PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
DETROIT STURGEONS AT PITTSBURGH VULCANS
08/18/1888
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PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL
DETROIT STURGEONS AT PITTSBURGH VULCANS
GAME ID: 503 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH , 1888 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit Sturgeons (53-39) 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 10 14 4
Pittsburgh Vulcans (45-42) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 7
Poole in Fine Form in 10-3 Win
The Detroit Sturgeons picked up a win at Vulcan Grounds, knocking off the Pittsburgh Vulcans, 10-3. On the mound for Detroit was right-hander Bill Poole. He played a key role in the triumph. Detroit is 53-39 and Pittsburgh, with the loss, 45-42.

Poole allowed 3 runs on 4 hits over 9 innings for the Sturgeons. He walked 0 and struck out 8.

"Bill was in attack mode the whole game," said Detroit manager .
DETROIT BATTING LINESCORE PITTSBURGH BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Cavender CF 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 .243 9 40
J. Hart LF 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 .243 2 39
B. Poole P 4 2 4 2 2 0 0 .291 4 45
T. Moore 3B 6 0 2 2 0 0 6 .236 3 39
N. Crane 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 .232 2 38
H. Ransom C 5 0 2 2 0 1 5 .224 0 35
S. Booth RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 .211 0 16
E. Money SS 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 .173 1 24
M. McFall 2B 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 .199 0 23
Totals 45 10 14 9 2 2 31      
BATTING
Doubles: H. Ransom (9, 2nd Inning off G. Ashe, 0 on, 0 outs) , E. Money (7, 4th Inning off G. Ashe, 1 on, 0 outs) , S. Booth (5, 4th Inning off G. Ashe, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Cavender (9, 9th Inning off J. Mascarenas, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: E. Money (5, 7th Inning off G. Ashe, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Cavender 4 , B. Poole 4 , T. Moore 2 , H. Ransom 3 , S. Booth 2 , E. Money 5
2-out RBI: B. Poole , T. Moore
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Moore , N. Crane 2 , H. Ransom 2 , E. Money , M. McFall
Sac Bunt: J. Hart 2
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: J. Cavender (38) , B. Poole 2 (22) , T. Moore (32)

FIELDING
Errors: N. Crane (24) , E. Money 2 (71) , M. McFall (41)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Kent CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .231 3 35
J. August RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .244 1 28
J. Clay 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .275 3 55
J. Frank C 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .279 1 37
S. Ferguson LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .191 4 34
J. Foss 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .223 1 15
J. Clark 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .213 2 37
G. Vankirk SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .191 0 29
G. Ashe P 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .188 1 24
   J. Mascarenas P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 3 4 2 0 8 16      
BATTING
Doubles: S. Ferguson (11, 7th Inning off B. Poole, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Kent , J. Frank , S. Ferguson 2 , G. Ashe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Ferguson , J. Clark , G. Vankirk 2
Sac Bunt: J. August
Hit by Pitch: J. Frank
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: G. Ashe (17)
CS: G. Vankirk (9)

FIELDING
Errors: J. August (33) , J. Clay (28) , J. Clark 3 (46) , G. Vankirk 2 (55)
DETROIT PITCHING LINESCORE PITTSBURGH PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Poole W (23-13) 9.0 4 3 2 0 8 0 119 1.92   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Poole 77
Batters Faced: B. Poole 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Poole 13-5
Pitches - Strikes: B. Poole 119-84
Hit Batsmen: B. Poole
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Ashe L (15-15) 7.0 12 9 4 0 2 0 141 2.65   
J. Mascarenas 2.0 2 1 0 2 0 0 46 2.08   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Ashe 29
Batters Faced: G. Ashe 38, J. Mascarenas 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Ashe 13-6, J. Mascarenas 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: G. Ashe 141-90, J. Mascarenas 46-26
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Mascarenas 1-1
WP: G. Ashe 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bill Poole
Ballpark: Vulcan Grounds
Weather: Rain (67 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph
Start Time: 10:05 AM ET
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 1464
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