BOXSCORE: 1875 Philadelphia A Athletics At 1875 Boston Red Stockings 7/7/1875 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Red Stockings-B AB R H RBI AVG D.Force SS 5 0 0 0 .317 G.Wright SS 4 1 1 0 .349 J.Clapp C 5 0 1 0 .253 R.Barnes 2B 4 0 0 1 .310 W.Fisler 1B 5 2 0 0 .337 A.Leonard LF 4 2 2 1 .347 B.Craver 2B 5 1 4 0 .313 J.O'Rourke CF 4 2 2 0 .330 E.Sutton 3B 5 1 3 3 .283 C.McVey 1B 4 0 1 1 .341 G.Hall LF 5 0 0 0 .294 A.Spalding P 4 0 3 3 .336 G.Bechtel RF 5 1 1 0 .257 D.White C 4 0 0 0 .350 D.McBride P 3 0 3 0 .287 J.Manning RF 4 0 0 0 .297 D.Eggler CF 3 0 0 1 .299 H.Schafer 3B 3 1 1 0 .254 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 5 12 4 Totals 35 6 10 6 Athletics....... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 12 5 Red Stockings-B. 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 - 6 10 5 Athletics (23-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET D.McBride LOSS(22-11) 8 10 6 2 0 0 0 1.85 A1 Totals 8 10 6 2 0 0 0 Red Stockings-B (35-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET A.Spalding WIN(34-8) 9 12 5 2 0 1 1 1.16 A1 Totals 9 12 5 2 0 1 1 ATTENDANCE- 4,584 DATE- Wednesday, July 7th 1875 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:41 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:11 Red Stockings-B: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2 Red Stockings-B: 0 ERRORS- D.Force, B.Craver-2, G.Bechtel, D.Eggler, R.Barnes-2, C.McVey-2, J.Manning DOUBLES- A.Leonard(10th) TRIPLES- G.Wright(6th) HOME RUNS- E.Sutton(1st) RBIs- E.Sutton-3(28th), D.Eggler(10th), R.Barnes(47th), A.Leonard(45th), C.McVey(45th), A.Spalding-3(46th) SACRIFICE HITS- D.McBride SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Eggler STRIKE OUTS- W.Fisler GIDP- J.Manning-2 WILD PITCHES- D.McBride PASSED BALLS- D.White-2 2-out RBI- A.Leonard RLISP 2-out- J.Clapp-2, J.O'Rourke, G.Hall-2, G.Bechtel-2 TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 10 Red Stockings-B: 4 for 9 Al Spalding went the distance as the Boston club defeated the Philadelphia A Athletics by the score of 6 to 5 at South End Grounds. Boston had the winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning with 2 runs on 2 hits. Andy Leonard led off the inning for Boston when he delivered a one-base hit. Jim O'Rourke followed next and he reached on an error. After an out was recorded, Spalding then slapped a base-hit which was good for two runs. Philadelphia A tried unsuccessfully to come back in the 9th. Spalding(34-8) was the winner allowing 5 runs for the game. The loss was charged to Dick McBride(22-11). He surrendered 6 runs and 10 hits in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1875 Philadelphia A Athletics at 1875 Boston Red Stockings-B D.Force-A1 A1:L/5 B1:L/6 *5*:G/63 D1:L/5 E1:P/6 J.Clapp-A1 A2:L/5 B2:P/5 C2:Si *7*:L/5 E2:G/63 W.Fisler-A1 A3:K *4*:E/4 C3:Force/ D3:G/63 *9*:F/8 46>1o b1 B.Craver-A1 *2*:F/9 B4:Si>12 C4:Si>13 D4:Si E4:Si E.Sutton-A1 A5:P/5 B5:PB>23 C5:E/4>3# D5:Si>13 E5:Si+E/3 12 HR>3# 12 >13 2# b# G.Hall-A1 A6:G/43 B6:G/63 C6:P/6 D6:G/3 E6:F/9 G.Bechte-A1 *3*:G/43 B7:L/6 *6*:P/6 *8*:Si E7:L/4 D.McBrid-A1 A8:Si B8:Si C8:Si D8:PB>12 Sac/14>23 D.Eggler-A1 A9:E/3>12 B9:G/63 C9:P/6 D9:SF+E/9 >3# b2 G.Wright-A1 A1:Tr B1:L/6 C1:Force/ D1:P/3 36>1o b1 R.Barnes-A1 A2:G/63>3 B2:WP>12 C2:F/8 D2:G/53 # F/7 A.Leonar-A1 A3:G/53 B3:Do+E/9 *6*:E/4 *8*:Si >2# b3 J.O'Rour-A1 A4:Si B4:L/5 C4:Si>13 D4:E/8>13 b2 C.McVey-A1 A5:L/5 *4*:G/43 C5:Si>3# D5:L/5 13 A.Spaldi-A1 *2*:Si B6:G/63 C6:PkOff/ D6:Si>3# 13>1o Si> 2# 3# D.White-A1 A7:P/3 B7:L/5 C7:F/7 D7:E/4>12 J.Mannin-A1 A8:G-DP/2 *5*:L/4 C8:L/3 D8:G-DP/5 63>1o 43>1o H.Schafe-A1 *3*:E/6 B9:Si *7*:P/6