BOXSCORE: 1897 Washington Senators At 1897 Philadelphia Phillies 6/30/1897 Senators AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG T.Brown CF 6 2 3 1 .339 D.Cooley CF 4 0 0 0 .364 K.Selbach LF 6 1 2 1 .239 T.Dowd RF 4 0 1 1 .323 G.Demontreville SS 6 2 3 2 .315 E.Delahanty LF 4 0 0 0 .363 D.Farrell C 3 2 2 1 .427 N.Lajoie 1B 4 0 1 0 .358 D.McGuire 1B 5 1 2 2 .415 J.Boyle C 3 0 0 0 .236 L.German 3B 4 2 1 0 .333 P.Geier 2B 4 0 3 0 .303 C.Abbey RF 5 2 3 1 .314 S.Gillen SS 4 1 2 0 .293 Z.Wrigley 2B 4 1 1 3 .295 L.Cross 3B 3 1 1 0 .230 W.Mercer P 4 0 1 1 .315 J.Fifield P 1 0 0 0 .263 A-A.Orth PH 1 0 0 0 .319 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 43 13 18 12 Totals 32 2 8 1 A-Pinch Hit For Fifield In 9th Inning Senators........ 5 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 - 13 18 1 Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2 Senators (30-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET W.Mercer WIN(9-7) 9 8 2 1 3 1 0 3.74 A1 Totals 9 8 2 1 3 1 0 Phillies (28-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Fifield LOSS(6-7) 9 18 13 13 3 1 0 6.85 A1 Totals 9 18 13 13 3 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 4,770 DATE- Wednesday, June 30th 1897 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:51 LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 8 Phillies: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 2 Phillies: 1 ERRORS- D.McGuire, P.Geier, S.Gillen DOUBLES- T.Brown(4th), G.Demontreville-3(12th), D.Farrell-2(7th), C.Abbey-3(11th) TRIPLES- K.Selbach(7th), D.McGuire(8th) RBIs- T.Brown(26th), K.Selbach(17th), G.Demontreville-2(44th), D.Farrell(21st), D.McGuire-2(39th), C.Abbey(31st), Z.Wrigley-3(21st), W.Mercer, T.Dowd(32nd) SACRIFICE HITS- W.Mercer, J.Fifield-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- Z.Wrigley WALKS- D.Farrell-2, L.German, D.Cooley, J.Boyle, L.Cross STRIKE OUTS- Z.Wrigley, T.Dowd GIDP- K.Selbach, E.Delahanty, P.Geier WILD PITCHES- J.Fifield 2-out RBI- G.Demontreville, W.Mercer RLISP 2-out- Z.Wrigley, E.Delahanty, D.McGuire-3, D.Farrell, T.Brown, L.Cross, W.Mercer, D.Cooley-2 TEAM RISP- Senators: 8 for 20 Phillies: 1 for 10 Win Mercer tossed a complete game and shortstop Gene Demontreville hit 3 doubles and had 2 RBI at Baker Bowl as the Washington Senators embarrassed the Philadelphia Phillies by the lopsided score of 13 to 2. Mercer(9-7) earned his pay with a solid performance for Washington. He was reached for 8 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings. Washington finished with 18 hits in the victory. Jack Fifield(6-7) was given the loss. He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 18 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings. SCORESHEET: 1897 Washington Senators at 1897 Philadelphia Phillies T.Brown-A1 A1:Si B1:Si C1:F/9 D1:Do>2# E1:WP>12 *9*:F/9 F/8 K.Selbac-A1 A2:Tr>1# B2:G-DP/6 C2:Si D2:P/4 *7*:G/13 F2:G/23 43>1o G.Demont-A1 A3:Do>3# *3*:Do C3:E/6>12 D3:Do>2# E3:G/13 F3:G/53 D.Farrel-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:Do>2# C4:W>23 1 D4:G/43 E4:Do 2 b1 D.McGuir-A1 A5:Tr>2# B5:Si+E/4 C5:G/63 *6*:F/7 E5:P/6 1# >2# L.German-A1 A6:L/3 B6:L/4 *5*:Si D6:W>b1 *8*:F/9 C.Abbey-A1 A7:G/63>3 B7:F/9>23 C7:Do>13 D7:Do>13 E7:Do # Z.Wrigle-A1 A8:G/63 B8:K C8:Si>3# D8:SF/9>3 E8:G/3>23 2# # 23 W.Mercer-A1 *2*:F/7 *4*:G/63 C9:Sac/54 D9:Si>3# E9:L/6 >12 D.Cooley-A1 A1:L/3 B1:W>b1 C1:P/5 D1:P/6 E1:P/4 T.Dowd-A1 A2:P/4 B2:L/6 C2:Si>3# D2:K 23 E.Delaha-A1 A3:G/3 B3:G/53 C3:G-DP/6 *8*:G/43 43>1o N.Lajoie-A1 *2*:G/53 *4*:Si *6*:G/43 D4:F/7 J.Boyle-A1 A5:G/63 B5:L/4 C5:W>b1 D5:P/6 P.Geier-A1 A6:Si B6:G-DP/5 C6:Si>12 *9*:Si 43>1o S.Gillen-A1 A7:G/13 *5*:Si C7:Force/ D7:Si>12 46>23 1o b1 L.Cross-A1 *3*:Si B8:W>12 b C8:L/4 D8:G/63>2 1 3 12 J.Fifiel-A1 A9:Sac/14 B9:E/34>2 *7*:F/9 D9:L/6 A.Orth-D9 >12 # 13 b2