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PITTSBURGH VULCANS @ INDIANAPOLIS WESTERNERS
04/27/1888
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Pitching: RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 13, EV 75.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Frank 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 97.5 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 0 - 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 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
2-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F5 (Flyball, 5D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 0 - Indianapolis 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB George Ashe 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Steve Ferguson to second
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 100.0 MPH)
Steve Ferguson to third
Throwing error, E9
Steve Ferguson scores
Gary Vankirk to second
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 1 - Indianapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 1 - Indianapolis 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6M, EV 84.4 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 1 - Indianapolis 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F, Error on foul ball, E3
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 93.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Doc Burbank 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
Bill Windom is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 64.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 98.1 MPH)
Kermit Nelson to second
Throwing error, E8
Kermit Nelson scores
Ken McDowell to second
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 78.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 1 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Jim Frank 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Ball
Jim Frank steals 3rd base
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Batting: LHB George Ashe 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R, EV 71.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 86.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 88.8 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Doc Burbank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 2 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Frank 0-0: Ball
Jerry Clay steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-2: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 88.1 MPH)
Jerry Clay to third
Jim Frank to second
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB George Ashe 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Jerry Clay scores
Jim Frank to third
Steve Ferguson to second
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 101.3 MPH)
Jim Frank scores
Steve Ferguson to third
George Ashe to second
Throwing error, E8
Steve Ferguson scores
George Ashe to third
Gary Vankirk to second
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 70.6 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 108.1 MPH)
Yank Williams to second
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 55.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 108.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Joe August 0-0: Called Strike
Jasper Kent is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Jerry Clay 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jim Frank 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 108.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
Karl Eicher steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
Karl Eicher steals 3rd base (no throw)
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 34, EV 54.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Doc Burbank 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Karl Eicher scores
Batting: LHB Ken McDowell 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
TOP OF THE 8TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: LHB Steve Ferguson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB John Clark 0-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB George Ashe 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 70.6 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Batting: SHB Yank Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Will Wessels 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tom Woods 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3S, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Stan Violette 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
TOP OF THE 9TH
Pittsburgh Vulcans batting - Pitching for Indianapolis Westerners : RHP Doc Burbank
Batting: RHB Gary Vankirk 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 88.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ed Wales 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Batting: LHB Jasper Kent 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 90.6 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Indianapolis Westerners batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Vulcans : RHP Ed Wales
Now at 1B: Elvin Baum
Batting: RHB Karl Eicher 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bill Windom 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4S, EV 68.8 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Marty Teets 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 97.5 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Kermit Nelson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Pittsburgh 5 - Indianapolis 2
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