BOXSCORE: 1887 New York Metropolitans At 1887 Philadelphia Athletic 4/25/1887 Metropolitans AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG P.Radford RF 3 2 1 0 .263 H.Stovey CF 5 1 3 0 .375 F.Hankinson 3B 4 1 3 2 .455 T.Poorman RF 5 0 3 2 .389 J.Meister 2B 5 0 1 2 .167 H.Larkin LF 4 1 2 0 .348 D.Orr 1B 4 0 1 1 .190 E.Flanagan 1B 5 2 1 0 .217 D.Esterbrook SS 4 0 1 0 .238 D.Lyons 3B 5 2 1 1 .286 J.Morrison CF 3 0 0 0 .133 L.Bierbauer 2B 3 0 1 0 .222 D.O'Brien LF 5 0 0 0 .100 C.McGarr SS 3 1 0 1 .158 B.Holbert C 3 1 2 0 .444 J.Milligan C 4 2 2 2 .375 A-C.Nelson PH 1 0 0 0 .286 E.Seward P 2 0 0 2 .000 B-A.Sommers C 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Shaffer P 4 2 2 1 .300 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 6 11 6 Totals 36 9 13 8 A-Pinch Hit For Holbert In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nelson In 8th Inning Metropolitans... 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 6 11 5 Athletics....... 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 - 9 13 5 Metropolitans (0-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Shaffer LOSS(0-4) 8 13 9 4 0 0 0 5.25 A1 Totals 8 13 9 4 0 0 0 Athletics (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Seward WIN(2-1) 9 11 6 3 4 1 0 2.52 A1 Totals 9 11 6 3 4 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 2,872 DATE- Monday, April 25th 1887 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Al Bauers, , , T- 2:31 LEFT ON BASE- Metropolitans:10 Athletics: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Metropolitans: 1 Athletics: 1 ERRORS- J.Meister, D.Esterbrook-2, B.Holbert, A.Sommers, H.Larkin, D.Lyons, L.Bierbauer, J.Milligan-2 DOUBLES- D.Esterbrook(1st), H.Stovey(2nd), T.Poorman(1st), D.Lyons(1st) TRIPLES- H.Stovey(1st) RBIs- F.Hankinson-2(5th), J.Meister-2(7th), D.Orr(3rd), J.Shaffer, T.Poorman-2(7th), D.Lyons(5th), C.McGarr(2nd), J.Milligan-2(3rd), E.Seward-2(2nd) STOLEN BASES- F.Hankinson(2nd), J.Milligan(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- P.Radford, L.Bierbauer, C.McGarr SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Hankinson, D.Orr, E.Seward-2 WALKS- P.Radford, D.Esterbrook, J.Morrison-2 HIT BY PITCH- H.Larkin STRIKE OUTS- J.Meister GIDP- J.Meister, C.McGarr WILD PITCHES- E.Seward-2 PASSED BALLS- J.Milligan-2 2-out RBI- T.Poorman RLISP 2-out- T.Poorman, B.Holbert, H.Larkin, E.Seward, D.O'Brien-3, J.Meister, D.Lyons TEAM RISP- Metropolitans: 5 for 13 Athletics: 4 for 12 Ed Seward had a complete game at Jefferson St Grounds as the Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Metropolitans 9 to 6. New York was unable to claim the lead after Philadelphia went ahead in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring 2 runners on 1 hit. Philadelphia had a total of 13 hits for the game. The win was credited to Seward(2-1) who went the whole way allowing 6 runs. John Shaffer(0-4) took the loss. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 9 runs in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1887 New York Metropolitans at 1887 Philadelphia Athletics P.Radfor-A1 A1:G/63 B1:Sac/54 C1:Si>12 *7*:E/5 E1:W>b1 >12 F.Hankin-A1 A2:Si B2:WP>23 C2:PB>23 D2:WP>12 E2:Si>13 SF/8>3# 12 E/4>3# Si>23 23 J.Meiste-A1 A3:G-DP/5 B3:K C3:SB>12 D3:Si>3# E3:F/8 43>1o G/13>3# 2 12 3 D.Orr-A1 *2*:G/3 *4*:G/53 C4:SF/7>3 D4:Si>23 *9*:P/6 # 12 D.Esterb-A1 A5:L/5 B5:Do C5:W>b1 D5:L/6 E5:L/4 J.Morris-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:W>b1 C6:E(foul D6:FO/6 E6:E/2 )/2 L/4 D.O'Brie-A1 A7:F/7 B7:P/6 *6*:L/6 D7:G/63 E7:PB>12 L/4 B.Holber-A1 *3*:Si+E/ B8:Si>2o C8:G/63 *8*:L/4 C.Nelson-D8 7 12 A.Sommer-E4 J.Shaffe-A1 A9:Si>3# *5*:Si C9:G/23 D9:L/5 H.Stovey-A1 A1:G/63 B1:Tr C1:Si>12 *6*:L/5 E1:Do T.Poorma-A1 A2:Si B2:G/63 C2:Si>2# D2:P/6 E2:Do>2# 13 H.Larkin-A1 A3:F/8 *4*:Si C3:F/9 D3:Si E3:HBP E.Flanag-A1 A4:P/2 B4:E/6>12 *5*:Si D4:P/6 E4:F/9 D.Lyons-A1 *2*:G/63 B5:Do>2# C5:E/4>12 *7*:L/6 E5:G/3 13 L.Bierba-A1 A6:F/8 B6:G/3 C6:Sac/14 D6:Si >23 12 C.McGarr-A1 A7:F/8 B7:Sac+FC C7:E/6>3# D7:G-DP/3 >3# 23 b1 23 63>1o J.Millig-A1 *3*:L/4 B8:Si>3# C8:G/3>3# *8*:Si 13 12 E.Seward-A1 A9:P/4 B9:E(foul C9:G/63 D9:SB+E/2 )/2 SF/8> >13 SF/8> 3# 3#