BOXSCORE: 1897 Louisville Colonels At 1897 St. Louis Browns 5/23/1897 Colonels AB R H RBI AVG Browns AB R H RBI AVG F.Clarke LF 4 1 0 0 .356 K.Douglass 1B 4 0 0 0 .330 T.McCreery RF 4 0 2 0 .295 T.Turner RF 3 1 1 0 .286 O.Pickering CF 5 1 3 1 .358 F.Hartman 3B 5 1 0 0 .327 P.Werden 1B 5 1 2 1 .333 T.Dowd CF 4 0 2 0 .294 J.Rogers 2B 4 2 1 0 .125 E.McFarland LF,C 3 0 1 1 .307 G.Stafford SS 1 1 1 0 .241 J.Houseman 2B 4 0 0 0 .128 B.Wilson C 4 0 2 4 .231 M.Cross SS 4 0 3 0 .275 B.Clingman 3B 4 0 1 0 .235 M.Murphy C 3 0 0 0 .097 B.Hill P 3 0 0 0 .200 A-B.Kissinger PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .429 B.Hart P 4 0 0 0 .200 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 6 12 6 Totals 35 2 7 1 A-Pinch Hit For Murphy In 8th Inning Colonels........ 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 3 Browns.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 2 Colonels (8-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Hill WIN(2-6) 9 7 2 0 3 1 0 4.94 A1 Totals 9 7 2 0 3 1 0 Browns (6-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Hart LOSS(2-3) 9 12 6 5 5 3 0 7.43 A1 Totals 9 12 6 5 5 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 5,067 DATE- Sunday, May 23rd 1897 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:52 LEFT ON BASE- Colonels: 8 Browns:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Colonels: 0 Browns: 3 ERRORS- J.Rogers-2, B.Wilson, E.McFarland, J.Houseman DOUBLES- O.Pickering(1st), M.Cross-2(4th) RBIs- O.Pickering(11th), P.Werden(14th), B.Wilson-4(9th), E.McFarland(15th) STOLEN BASES- O.Pickering-2(10th), T.Dowd(5th), M.Cross(8th) SACRIFICE HITS- T.McCreery, G.Stafford SACRIFICE FLIES- E.McFarland WALKS- F.Clarke, J.Rogers, G.Stafford-2, B.Hill, K.Douglass, T.Turner-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.Rogers, B.Wilson, B.Clingman, F.Hartman GIDP- B.Clingman-2 WILD PITCHES- B.Hart RLISP 2-out- B.Wilson, J.Houseman-3, O.Pickering, K.Douglass, F.Hartman-2, P.Werden, T.Turner, J.Rogers TEAM RISP- Colonels: 4 for 11 Browns: 1 for 15 Bill Hill went the distance as the Louisville Colonels defeated the St. Louis Browns by a score of 6 to 2 at Robison Field. Hill(2-6) earned his pay with a solid performance for Louisville. He went 9 innings and surrended up 7 hits and 3 walks lowering his ERA to 4.94. Louisville managed 12 hits in their victory. Bill Hart(2-3) took the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 12 hits and 5 walks in 9 innings. SCORESHEET: 1897 Louisville Colonels at 1897 St. Louis Browns F.Clarke-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:P/6 C1:P/4 D1:L/3 E1:L/3 T.McCree-A1 A2:Sac/34 B2:L/3 C2:Si D2:Si *9*:P/5 >12 O.Picker-A1 A3:Do>2# B3:F/8 C3:L/6 D3:Si>12 E3:Si P.Werden-A1 A4:SB>23 *3*:F/9 *5*:Si D4:L/6 E4:SB+E/2 Si>3# >13 L/5 J.Rogers-A1 A5:G/43>1 B5:Si C5:W>12 b *7*:K E5:G/13 2 1 G.Staffo-A1 A6:WP>23 B6:Si+E/4 C6:Sac/34 D6:W>b1 W>b1 >13 >23 12 B.Wilson-A1 A7:K B7:Si>3# C7:Si>3# D7:L-DP/6 2# 2# 3>1o B.Clingm-A1 *2*:Si B8:G-DP/3 C8:G-DP/6 *8*:K 63>1o 43>1o B.Hill-A1 A9:W>12 b *4*:G/13 *6*:G/43 D9:F/8 1 K.Dougla-A1 A1:G/53 B1:L/6 C1:L/4 D1:W>b1 *9*:L/6 T.Turner-A1 A2:W>b1 *3*:Si C2:W>12 b D2:F/7 E2:L/4 1 F.Hartma-A1 A3:E/2>12 B3:F/8 C3:K *7*:G/63 E3:L/6 T.Dowd-A1 A4:Si+E/4 B4:F/9 *5*:G/63 D4:Si >2# 13 E.McFarl-A1 A5:SF/7>3 B5:Si>12 C5:G/13 D5:SB>12 # L/6 J.Housem-A1 A6:F/7 B6:F/7 C6:F/7 D6:G/31 M.Cross-A1 *2*:Do *4*:Si *6*:Do *8*:G/53 M.Murphy-A1 A8:L/3 B8:SB>12 C8:G/53 D8:F/7 B.Kissin-D8 L/5 B.Hart-A1 A9:G/53 B9:E/4>23 C9:F/9 D9:G/53