BOXSCORE: 1897 Cleveland Spiders At 1897 St. Louis Browns 5/2/1897 Spiders AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG J.Burkett LF 2 2 1 1 .324 K.Douglass LF 5 3 4 2 .469 E.McKean SS 3 1 1 3 .265 T.Dowd CF 5 1 2 0 .250 C.Sockalexis RF 4 0 2 2 .405 T.Turner RF 5 1 2 2 .368 C.Childs 2B 3 0 0 0 .484 R.Connor 1B 3 1 1 1 .242 J.McAleer CF 5 0 0 0 .114 F.Hartman 3B 5 1 3 2 .457 C.Zimmer C 4 2 1 0 .188 E.McFarland 2B 3 0 0 1 .318 P.Tebeau 1B 4 1 2 0 .364 B.Kissinger P 0 0 0 0 .500 B.Wallace 3B 5 0 1 0 .324 M.Murphy C 4 0 0 0 .091 M.McDermott P 5 2 2 1 .375 M.Cross SS 4 1 1 0 .313 B.Hart P 3 1 0 0 .100 A-L.Bierbauer 2B 1 0 0 0 .036 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 8 10 7 Totals 38 9 13 8 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hart In 8th Inning Spiders......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 - 8 10 4 Browns.......... 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 9 13 2 Spiders (4-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET M.McDermott LOSS(0-2) 8 1/3 13 9 6 1 2 0 6.61 A1 Totals 8 1/3 13 9 6 1 2 0 Browns (1-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Hart 7 2/3 8 8 7 7 4 0 8.14 A1 E2 B.Kissinger W(1-0)B(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 1 2 0 3.38 E3 Totals 9 10 8 7 8 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 1,668 DATE- Sunday, May 2nd 1897 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:18 LEFT ON BASE- Spiders:10 Browns: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Spiders: 0 Browns: 0 ERRORS- J.Burkett, C.Sockalexis, J.McAleer, B.Wallace, M.Murphy, M.Cross DOUBLES- J.Burkett(4th), C.Sockalexis(3rd), F.Hartman(1st), M.Cross(2nd) TRIPLES- M.McDermott RBIs- J.Burkett(2nd), E.McKean-3(10th), C.Sockalexis-2(7th), M.McDermott, K.Douglass-2(7th), T.Turner-2(2nd), R.Connor(5th), F.Hartman-2(5th), E.McFarland(4th) STOLEN BASES- J.Burkett(4th), E.McKean(1st), F.Hartman(3rd) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Burkett, C.Sockalexis SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Burkett, R.Connor, E.McFarland WALKS- J.Burkett-2, E.McKean-2, C.Sockalexis, C.Childs-2, C.Zimmer, R.Connor HIT BY PITCH- P.Tebeau STRIKE OUTS- E.McKean, C.Sockalexis, C.Zimmer-2, P.Tebeau-2, M.Cross, B.Hart WILD PITCHES- M.McDermott, B.Hart-2 2-out RBI- K.Douglass, E.McKean-3, C.Sockalexis-2, M.McDermott RLISP 2-out- C.Childs, M.Murphy, E.McKean, J.McAleer-3 TEAM RISP- Spiders: 3 for 10 Browns: 7 for 10 Klondike Douglass had 4 hits and 2 RBI at Robison Field as the St. Louis Browns won a thriller over the Cleveland Spiders in, 9 to 8. The deciding run was scored by St. Louis in the 9th. Douglass ripped a single. Tommy Dowd next to the plate and he stroked a single. After an out was recorded, Roger Connor then drew a walk to load the bases. Fred Hartman came up and he laced a one-base hit making St. Louis the winners and sending the 1,668 fans home happy. St. Louis had 13 hits for the afternoon while Cleveland had 10. Bill Kissinger(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 and 1/3 innings. Mike McDermott(0-2) was charged with the loss. He was knocked around pretty good, giving up 9 runs in 8 and 1/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1897 Cleveland Spiders at 1897 St. Louis Browns J.Burket-A1 A1:Do B1:F/8 C1:SF/9>3 D1:W>12 b E1:W>b1 # 1 E.McKean-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G/63 C2:K D2:W>3# 2 E2:SB>12 3 12 b1 Si>3# 2# C.Sockal-A1 A3:K *4*:W>b1 *6*:G/3 D3:Si>3# E3:SB+E/2 23 12 >13 Do>3# C.Childs-A1 A4:CS/25> B4:L/3 C4:G/43 D4:WP>3# E4:IW>b1 2o 12 WP> 23 12 W>b 23 G/31 1 J.McAlee-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:CS/24> C5:F/9 D5:G/43 E5:F/7 1o P/3 C.Zimmer-A1 A6:L/4 *5*:Si *7*:K *8*:W>b1 *9*:K P.Tebeau-A1 A7:HBP B7:Si>12 C7:Si D7:K E7:K B.Wallac-A1 A8:L/6 B8:E/6>23 C8:L/3 D8:F/8 E8:Si 12 M.McDerm-A1 *3*:F/9 B9:P/3 C9:Si>13 D9:Tr>1# E9:F/9 K.Dougla-A1 A1:Si B1:Si>2# C1:G/13 D1:Si>2# *9*:Si T.Dowd-A1 A2:G/43>1 B2:Si>13 C2:P/5 D2:G/63 E2:Si>13 2 T.Turner-A1 A3:Si+E/8 B3:Si>3# *5*:L/5 *7*:G/43 E3:F/7 >2# 13 R.Connor-A1 A4:Si>23 B4:SF/8>3 C4:E/5 D4:F/8 E4:W>12 b # 1 F.Hartma-A1 A5:Si>3# B5:G/53 C5:L/6 D5:Do+E/9 E5:Si>3# 13 >b# 23 12 E.McFarl-A1 A6:SF/8>3 *3*:L/3 C6:G/43 D6:P/6 B.Kissin-D7 # M.Murphy-A1 A7:SB>12 B7:L/4 *6*:F/8 *8*:G/63 WP>23 L/4 M.Cross-A1 *2*:L/5 B8:K C8:Do D8:L/4 B.Hart-A1 A9:E/7>b2 *4*:L/6 C9:K D9:P/4 L.Bierba-D7