BOXSCORE: 1909 Chicago Cubs At 1909 St. Louis Cardinals 7/28/1909 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG J.Evers 2B 4 1 1 0 .248 B.Byrne 3B 5 0 1 0 .232 J.Sheckard LF 4 1 3 1 .295 R.Ellis LF 4 0 0 0 .250 F.Schulte RF 3 0 1 2 .280 J.Bliss C 3 0 0 0 .000 D.Howard 1B 5 2 3 0 .216 A.Shaw CF 4 0 1 0 .241 H.Steinfeldt 3B 5 2 2 0 .252 S.Evans 1B,RF 3 1 1 0 .228 S.Hofman CF 4 0 2 0 .255 J.Delahanty 2B 4 0 0 0 .252 J.Tinker SS 5 0 2 4 .294 S.Melter P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Archer C 5 0 1 0 .221 J.Lush RF 2 1 1 1 .313 I.Higginbotham P 4 2 2 0 .214 A-E.Konetchy PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .269 C.Charles SS 4 0 1 0 .242 L.Backman P 3 0 1 1 .125 B-R.Bresnahan 2B 1 0 1 0 .264 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 8 17 7 Totals 35 2 7 2 A-Pinch Hit For Lush In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Backman In 9th Inning Cubs............ 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 - 8 17 2 Cardinals....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 3 Cubs (56-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET I.Higginboth WIN(1-4) 9 7 2 2 2 7 0 2.55 A1 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 7 0 Cardinals (40-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET L.Backman LOSS(3-2) 8 2/3 16 8 7 2 2 0 2.47 A1 E6 S.Melter 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.07 E7 Totals 9 17 8 7 2 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 3,291 DATE- Wednesday, July 28th 1909 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:10 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 9 Cardinals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Cardinals: 1 ERRORS- J.Evers-2, B.Byrne, J.Lush, C.Charles DOUBLES- H.Steinfeldt(18th), J.Lush(5th) TRIPLES- J.Sheckard(5th) RBIs- J.Sheckard(40th), F.Schulte-2(40th), J.Tinker-4(36th), J.Lush(13th), L.Backman STOLEN BASES- H.Steinfeldt(16th), B.Byrne(16th) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Sheckard-2 SACRIFICE HITS- J.Sheckard SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Schulte-2 WALKS- J.Evers, S.Hofman, J.Bliss, S.Evans STRIKE OUTS- J.Evers, I.Higginbotham, B.Byrne, R.Ellis-2, J.Bliss, A.Shaw, E.Konetchy, L.Backman GIDP- J.Sheckard, S.Evans 2-out RBI- L.Backman, J.Tinker-3 RLISP 2-out- H.Steinfeldt, L.Backman, A.Shaw, R.Ellis, I.Higginbotham-2, J.Archer TEAM RISP- Cubs: 4 for 10 Cardinals: 2 for 7 Irv Higginbotham had a complete game as the Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 8 to 2 at Robison Field. Higginbotham(1-4) pitched a solid game. He surrendered only 7 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. Chicago finished with 17 hits in the victory. Les Backman(3-2) took the loss. He got hammered, allowing 16 hits and 2 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1909 Chicago Cubs at 1909 St. Louis Cardinals J.Evers-A1 A1:G/13 B1:K C1:W>12 b *6*:Si E1:F/9 1 J.Shecka-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>3# C2:Sac/14 D2:G-DP/6 *9*:Tr >23 12 43>1o F.Schult-A1 A3:CS/26> B3:CS/26> C3:SF+E/9 D3:G/63 E3:SF/9>3 1o E/5 1o Si >3# 2# bo # D.Howard-A1 A4:Si>13 B4:F/8 C4:Si *7*:FO/3 E4:Si H.Steinf-A1 A5:F/8 *4*:Do C5:Si>13 D5:F/7 E5:F/8 S.Hofman-A1 *2*:G/63 B6:G/43>2 C6:SB>12 D6:Si E6:Si>12 3 IW>b1 J.Tinker-A1 A7:G/63 B7:G/43>3 C7:Si>3# D7:P/6 E7:Si>2# # 2# 12 12 J.Archer-A1 A8:G/53 B8:G/43 C8:Si>23 *8*:G/43 E8:F/7 12 I.Higgin-A1 *3*:Si+E/ *5*:Si C9:K D9:F/7 6 B.Byrne-A1 A1:K *3*:E/4 C1:Si>12 D1:L/5 E1:G/53 R.Ellis-A1 A2:F/8 B2:K C2:P/4 D2:K J.Bliss-A1 A3:E/4 B3:SB>12 *5*:K *8*:W>b1 F/9 A.Shaw-A1 A4:K B4:F/8 C4:Si D4:L/3 S.Evans-A1 *2*:W>b1 *4*:Si C5:G-DP/3 D5:F/9 63>1o J.Delaha-A1 A6:L/5 B6:G/3>12 *6*:G/53 D6:P/6 S.Melter-D7 J.Lush-A1 A7:L/3 B7:Do>2# C7:G/53 *9*:K E.Konetc-C7 C.Charle-A1 A8:Si>13 B8:F/9>23 C8:F/8 D8:G/53 L.Backma-A1 A9:P/3 B9:Si>3# *7*:K D9:Si R.Bresna-D7