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PHILADELPHIA UNIONS @ INDIANAPOLIS WESTERNERS
09/09/1888
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Pitching: RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: SHB Mike McCord 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Vanmeter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Loughlin 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Charlie Vanmeter to third
Batting: SHB John Casey 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Charlie Vanmeter scores
Mike Loughlin to third
Batting: RHB Alexander Faulk 0-0: Ball
John Casey is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 65.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Philadelphia 1 - Indianapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : RHP Thomas Goss
Pitching: RHP Thomas Goss
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
Ken McDowell steals 2nd base
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Ken McDowell scores
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.9 MPH)
Yank Williams scores
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
Will Wessels steals 3rd base
Jimmy Nelson to second
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Will Wessels scores
Jimmy Nelson to third
Tom Woods to second
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Philadelphia 1 - Indianapolis 3
TOP OF THE 2ND
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: RHB Jeff Scruggs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: TRIPLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Leo Showalter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 108.1 MPH)
Jeff Scruggs scores
Batting: LHB Willis Gaylord 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Thomas Goss 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
Leo Showalter steals 2nd base
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: SHB Mike McCord 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Philadelphia 2 - Indianapolis 3
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : RHP Thomas Goss
Batting: RHB Wilton Strickland 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Kermit Nelson to second
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Kermit Nelson to third
Throwing error, E8
Kermit Nelson scores
Yank Williams to second
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 9S, EV 95.6 MPH)
Yank Williams to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Will Wessels steals 2nd base
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 left on base; Philadelphia 2 - Indianapolis 5
TOP OF THE 3RD
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: LHB Charlie Vanmeter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Loughlin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB John Casey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.3 MPH)
Mike Loughlin to second
Batting: RHB Alexander Faulk 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Hit by Pitch
Mike Loughlin to third
John Casey to second
Batting: RHB Jeff Scruggs 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.3 MPH)
Mike Loughlin scores
John Casey to third
Alexander Faulk to second
Batting: RHB Leo Showalter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 56, EV 99.4 MPH)
John Casey scores
Alexander Faulk to third
Jeff Scruggs to second
Batting: LHB Willis Gaylord 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into fielders choice 5-2 (Groundball, 56S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Jeff Scruggs to third
Leo Showalter to second
Batting: RHB Thomas Goss 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 72.5 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 0 hits, 4 errors, 3 left on base; Philadelphia 4 - Indianapolis 5
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : RHP Thomas Goss
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Philadelphia 4 - Indianapolis 5
TOP OF THE 4TH
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: SHB Mike McCord 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Vanmeter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
3-2: Reached on error, E4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Loughlin 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 110.6 MPH) (infield hit)
Charlie Vanmeter to second
Batting: SHB John Casey 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Alexander Faulk 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
1-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5, EV 64.4 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Philadelphia 4 - Indianapolis 5
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : RHP Thomas Goss
Batting: RHB Wilton Strickland 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Philadelphia 4 - Indianapolis 5
TOP OF THE 5TH
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: RHB Jeff Scruggs 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 93.1 MPH), Distance : 355 ft
Batting: RHB Leo Showalter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 78.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willis Gaylord 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Leo Showalter steals 2nd base
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Thomas Goss 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 101.3 MPH)
Leo Showalter to third
Willis Gaylord to second
Batting: SHB Mike McCord 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Vanmeter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 89.4 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Philadelphia 5 - Indianapolis 5
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : RHP Thomas Goss
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Called Strike
Will Wessels steals 2nd base
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Will Wessels to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Tom Woods to second
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Ball
1-0: Single, Error in OF, E7, batter to second base (Line Drive, 5D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Tom Woods scores
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.0 MPH)
Stan Violette to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Batting: RHB Wilton Strickland 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 68.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Philadelphia 5 - Indianapolis 8
TOP OF THE 6TH
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: LHB Mike Loughlin 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: SHB John Casey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Alexander Faulk 0-0: Ball
1-0: TRIPLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jeff Scruggs 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 108.8 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Philadelphia 5 - Indianapolis 8
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : RHP Thomas Goss
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6D, EV 52.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD, EV 100.0 MPH) (Inside the Park)
Pitching: LHP Paul Bates
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
3-2: Base on Balls
Jimmy Nelson to second
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Jimmy Nelson to third
Tom Woods to second
Throwing error, E9
Jimmy Nelson scores
Tom Woods to third
Stan Violette to second
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6D, EV 70.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Philadelphia 5 - Indianapolis 11
TOP OF THE 7TH
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: RHB Leo Showalter 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4M, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Willis Gaylord 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 79.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Johnson Allen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Willis Gaylord steals 2nd base
1-1: Called Strike
Willis Gaylord steals 3rd base
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 101.9 MPH)
Willis Gaylord scores
Batting: SHB Mike McCord 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Vanmeter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 65.6 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Philadelphia 6 - Indianapolis 11
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : LHP Paul Bates
Pitching: LHP Bill Mangan
Batting: RHB Wilton Strickland 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Philadelphia 6 - Indianapolis 11
TOP OF THE 8TH
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Wilton Strickland
Batting: LHB Mike Loughlin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB John Casey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 23F, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Alexander Faulk 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 105.6 MPH)
Mike Loughlin to third
Batting: RHB Jeff Scruggs 0-0: Ball
1-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 96.3 MPH), Distance : 367 ft
Pitching: LHP Jack Turner
Batting: RHB Leo Showalter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Willis Gaylord 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Gordon Cook 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 106.3 MPH)
Willis Gaylord to second
Batting: SHB Mike McCord 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5D, EV 68.1 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Philadelphia 9 - Indianapolis 11
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Philadelphia Unions : LHP Bill Mangan
Pitching: LHP Jack Malley
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Philadelphia 9 - Indianapolis 11
TOP OF THE 9TH
Philadelphia Unions batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : LHP Jack Turner
Batting: LHB Charlie Vanmeter 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Loughlin 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: SHB John Casey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSFF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 106.9 MPH)
Mike Loughlin to second
Batting: RHB Alexander Faulk 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Jeff Scruggs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Philadelphia 9 - Indianapolis 11
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