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DETROIT STURGEONS @ INDIANAPOLIS WESTERNERS
07/16/1888
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Pitching: RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Joe Cavender 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jimmy Hart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Fly out, F1 (Line Drive, P, EV 71.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Bill Poole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 56, EV 63.8 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Indianapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Pitching: LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Called Strike
Ken McDowell is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
Yank Williams is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 0 - Indianapolis 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Tom Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Napoleon Crane 0-0: Swinging Strike
Tom Moore steals 2nd base
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Harry Ransom 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Matt McFall 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LSF, EV 96.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Indianapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Hit by Pitch
Will Wessels to second
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6M, EV 78.1 MPH)
Will Wessels to third
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 91.3 MPH)
Will Wessels scores
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 25, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 0 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Eli Money 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Palmer Cherry 0-0: Ball
Eli Money steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Eli Money to third
Batting: RHB Joe Cavender 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Eli Money scores
Batting: RHB Jimmy Hart 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Doc Burbank 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Doc Burbank is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 60.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
Ken McDowell steals 2nd base
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: SHB Bill Poole 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Moore 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Napoleon Crane 0-0: Called Strike
Tom Moore steals 2nd base
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Tom Moore to third
Batting: LHB Harry Ransom 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 73.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Matt McFall 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Eli Money 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Palmer Cherry 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.9 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3L, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 1-5-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Doc Burbank 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Joe Cavender 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jimmy Hart 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at second, runner safe!
Batting: SHB Bill Poole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 88.1 MPH)
Joe Cavender to third
Batting: RHB Tom Moore 0-0: Called Strike
Bill Poole steals 2nd base
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3DF, EV 66.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Napoleon Crane 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: LHB Harry Ransom 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Kermit Nelson to second
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
Kermit Nelson steals 3rd base (no throw)
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34, EV 85.6 MPH)
Kermit Nelson scores
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Yank Williams to second
Yank Williams to third
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
Will Wessels steals 2nd base
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-2: Fielders Choice at home, 6-2 (Groundball, 6, EV 95.0 MPH)
Will Wessels to third
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Will Wessels scores
Jimmy Nelson to second
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 74.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 3
TOP OF THE 7TH
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Matt McFall 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6M, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Eli Money 0-0: Called Strike
Matt McFall steals 2nd base (no throw)
0-1: Ball
Matt McFall is caught stealing 3rd base 2-5
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Palmer Cherry 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe Cavender 0-0: Ball
Palmer Cherry steals 2nd base
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 3
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Doc Burbank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 61.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 3
TOP OF THE 8TH
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Jimmy Hart 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4, EV 102.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: SHB Bill Poole 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6, EV 68.8 MPH)
Lined into DP, 6-3 (Line Drive, 6, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Moore 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 3
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Detroit Sturgeons : LHP Palmer Cherry
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Ken McDowell to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by RF made to third
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ball
Yank Williams steals 2nd, throwing error, E2
Ken McDowell scores
Yank Williams to third
1-1: Intentional Walk
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 93.8 MPH)
Yank Williams scores
Will Wessels to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, OUT! 7-6-5
Jimmy Nelson to second
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 91.9 MPH)
Jimmy Nelson to third
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 8th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 5
TOP OF THE 9TH
Detroit Sturgeons batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Napoleon Crane 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2RF, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Harry Ransom 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Matt McFall 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 75.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Detroit 1 - Indianapolis 5
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