BOXSCORE: 1897 Cleveland Spiders At 1897 New York Giants 6/17/1897 Spiders AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG J.Burkett LF 5 2 2 0 .360 G.Van Haltren CF 5 1 0 0 .339 C.Childs 2B 4 1 1 1 .302 M.Tiernan RF 4 0 1 0 .356 C.Sockalexis RF 5 0 0 0 .366 B.Joyce 3B 3 0 3 1 .348 B.Wallace 3B 5 1 2 2 .329 G.Davis SS 4 0 1 0 .347 P.Tebeau 1B 4 2 2 0 .256 K.Gleason 2B 4 0 0 0 .328 E.McKean SS 4 1 2 2 .255 J.Warner C 2 0 0 0 .301 J.McAleer CF 5 0 1 2 .225 W.Clark 1B 4 0 1 0 .322 J.O'Connor C 5 0 2 0 .278 D.Holmes LF 4 0 2 0 .307 C.Young P 3 1 1 0 .205 J.Meekin P 3 0 0 0 .292 A-P.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .313 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 8 13 7 Totals 34 1 8 1 A-Pinch Hit For Meekin In 9th Inning Spiders......... 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 - 8 13 1 Giants.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 4 Spiders (21-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Young WIN(8-5) 9 8 1 0 1 1 0 2.77 A1 Totals 9 8 1 0 1 1 0 Giants (25-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Meekin LOSS(5-3) 9 13 8 6 4 4 0 3.86 A1 Totals 9 13 8 6 4 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 8,265 DATE- Thursday, June 17th 1897 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:34 LEFT ON BASE- Spiders: 9 Giants: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Spiders: 0 Giants: 0 ERRORS- P.Tebeau, G.Van Haltren, B.Joyce, G.Davis, K.Gleason DOUBLES- J.Burkett(7th), E.McKean(9th) TRIPLES- B.Wallace(6th) RBIs- C.Childs(18th), B.Wallace-2(23rd), E.McKean-2(32nd), J.McAleer-2(13th), B.Joyce(43rd) STOLEN BASES- B.Joyce(10th) CAUGHT STEALING- J.O'Connor, C.Young, M.Tiernan, J.Warner WALKS- C.Childs, P.Tebeau, E.McKean, C.Young, B.Joyce HIT BY PITCH- J.Warner-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.Burkett, C.Sockalexis, B.Wallace, J.McAleer, G.Davis 2-out RBI- B.Joyce, E.McKean RLISP 2-out- P.Tebeau, G.Davis, J.Meekin, B.Wallace, K.Gleason, J.Burkett-2, J.O'Connor TEAM RISP- Spiders: 4 for 13 Giants: 1 for 5 Cy Young went the distance as the Cleveland Spiders beat the New York Giants by a score of 8 to 1. Young(8-5) earned his pay with a solid performance for Cleveland. He was reached for 8 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings lowering his ERA from 2.98 to 2.77. Cleveland finished with 13 hits in the victory. Jouett Meekin(5-3) absorbed the loss. He was unable to control the Cleveland offense and allowed 13 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings. SCORESHEET: 1897 Cleveland Spiders at 1897 New York Giants J.Burket-A1 A1:Si B1:CS/26> C1:Do>13 D1:F/8 *8*:K 1o L/6 C.Childs-A1 A2:E/8>13 B2:G/23 C2:Si+E/6 *7*:W>b1 E2:L/3 b2 >3# 2# C.Sockal-A1 A3:FO/2 *4*:G/23 C3:G/3>23 D3:K E3:F/9 B.Wallac-A1 A4:G/43>3 B4:P/6 C4:K D4:Tr>1# *9*:Si # 23 P.Tebeau-A1 A5:G/31 B5:Si+E/5 *6*:Si D5:W>b1 E5:P/3 E.McKean-A1 *2*:F/8 B6:Si>2# C6:Force/ D6:Do>3# E6:W>12 b 64>1o b1 13 1 J.McAlee-A1 A7:G/63 B7:K C7:L/4 D7:Si>3# E7:Force/ 2# 36>23 1o b1 J.O'Conn-A1 A8:Si CS/ *5*:G/63 C8:Si>12 D8:Force/ E8:G/43 24>1o 54>1o b1 C.Young-A1 *3*:Si B9:W>b1 C9:E/4>23 D9:L/5 12 G.Van Ha-A1 A1:G/53 B1:E/34>b *5*:L/3 D1:G/43 E1:G/13 2 M.Tierna-A1 A2:Si B2:L/6 C2:F/9 D2:P/5 B.Joyce-A1 A3:CS/26> B3:Si>2# C3:W>b1 *8*:Si 1o Si G.Davis-A1 A4:SB>12 B4:F/8 C4:Si>12 D4:K G/43 K.Gleaso-A1 *2*:L/4 *4*:P/5 C5:G/3 D5:P/5 J.Warner-A1 A6:HBP B6:HBP *6*:F/8 D6:P/5 W.Clark-A1 A7:CS/26> B7:F/9 C7:G/3 *9*:G/3 1o Si D.Holmes-A1 A8:G/3 B8:Si>13 C8:L/3 D8:Si J.Meekin-A1 *3*:L/4 B9:Force/ *7*:G/43 D9:F/8 P.Wilson-D9 64>1o b1