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PITTSBURGH VULCANS @ INDIANAPOLIS WESTERNERS
07/20/1888
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Pitching: RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Jasper Kent steals 2nd base
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Jasper Kent to third
Throwing error, E7
Jasper Kent scores
Joe August to second
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 90.6 MPH)
Joe August scores
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 94.4 MPH)
Jerry Clay to third
Throwing error, E8
Jerry Clay scores
Steve Ferguson to second
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 56D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jason Foss 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 56, EV 85.0 MPH)
Steve Ferguson to third
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 3D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Steve Ferguson scores
Jason Foss to second
Batting: RHB Charlie McCarver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 101.3 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 4 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 4 - Indianapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Pitching: RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Reached on error, E9 (Flyball, 89S, EV 94.4 MPH)
Yank Williams to third
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Yank Williams scores
Will Wessels to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 86.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 4 - Indianapolis 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 56D, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Joe August to second
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 97.5 MPH)
Joe August to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 87.5 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill McDonald 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
Bill Windom steals 2nd, throwing error, E2
Bill Windom to third
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
TOP OF THE 3RD
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Jason Foss 0-0: Ball
Gary Vankirk is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Charlie McCarver 0-0: Called Strike
John Clark is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 75.6 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 91.3 MPH)
Ken McDowell to third
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34, EV 63.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5, EV 101.3 MPH)
Ken McDowell scores
Yank Williams to third
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
Tom Woods steals 2nd base
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.3 MPH)
Yank Williams scores
Tom Woods to third
Karl Eicher to second
Batting: RHB Bill McDonald 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F1 (Popup, P, EV 83.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 3 errors, 3 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 4
TOP OF THE 4TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB Charlie McCarver 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 74.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Ed Wales to second
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 105.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 4
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Reached on error, E9 (Flyball, 9, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Kermit Nelson to second
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.1 MPH)
Kermit Nelson to third
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 98.1 MPH)
Kermit Nelson scores
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
Will Wessels is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 5
TOP OF THE 5TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Jerry Clay to second
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jason Foss 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 85.6 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 5
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
3-2: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5L, EV 80.0 MPH)
Jimmy Nelson to second
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 91.9 MPH)
Jimmy Nelson to third
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Bill McDonald 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 82.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 5
TOP OF THE 6TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Charlie McCarver 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Ball
Charlie McCarver is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Ed Wales to second
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Fielders Choice at 3rd, U5 (Groundball, 5, EV 102.5 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 5
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8LXD, EV 103.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Bunt - Flyout to 3S! F3
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
Kermit Nelson is caught stealing 3rd base 2-5
1-0: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Yank Williams to second
Yank Williams to third
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Yank Williams scores
Will Wessels to second
Throwing error, E8
Will Wessels scores
Jimmy Nelson to second
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Jimmy Nelson to third
Throwing error, E8
Jimmy Nelson scores
Tom Woods to second
Pitching: LHP John Weatherby
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 8
TOP OF THE 7TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4M, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Grounds into double play, U3-6 (Groundball, 3L, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 8
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : LHP John Weatherby
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill McDonald 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L, EV 108.1 MPH)
Bill McDonald to third
Bill McDonald scores
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Called Strike
Kermit Nelson steals 3rd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 80.6 MPH)
Kermit Nelson scores
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 10
TOP OF THE 8TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Batting: RHB Jason Foss 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4M, EV 106.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie McCarver 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 10
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : LHP John Weatherby
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jimmy Nelson 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 10
TOP OF THE 9TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Bill McDonald
Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Frank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 107.5 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 10
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