BOXSCORE: 1896 Cleveland Spiders At 1896 New York Giants 8/29/1896 Spiders AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG J.Burkett LF 5 1 2 1 .380 W.Clark 1B 5 0 1 1 .294 E.McKean SS 6 1 1 0 .322 G.Van Haltren CF 5 0 1 1 .333 C.Childs 2B 6 0 1 1 .364 M.Tiernan RF 4 1 1 0 .352 J.McAleer CF 5 3 4 0 .249 B.Joyce 3B 3 1 2 1 .323 P.Tebeau 3B 5 2 2 1 .251 K.Gleason 2B 4 1 1 0 .326 J.O'Connor 1B 3 1 2 2 .306 G.Davis SS 4 1 2 1 .309 C.Zimmer C 2 2 1 2 .323 F.Connaughton LF 3 1 1 1 .269 H.Blake RF 4 2 1 2 .220 P.Wilson C 3 0 0 0 .252 C.Young P 4 1 1 1 .242 A-J.Beckley PH 1 0 0 0 .298 J.Meekin P 3 1 2 0 .296 C.Gettig P 0 0 0 0 .333 B-J.Warner PH 1 0 0 0 .232 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 13 15 10 Totals 36 6 11 5 A-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 9th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Gettig In 9th Inning Spiders......... 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 - 13 15 2 Giants.......... 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 - 6 11 6 Spiders (60-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Young WIN(20-18) 9 11 6 3 0 2 1 3.10 A1 Totals 9 11 6 3 0 2 1 Giants (64-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Meekin LOSS(22-9) 8 13 10 6 3 1 0 3.93 A1 E6 C.Gettig 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 4.15 E7 Totals 9 15 13 7 4 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 10,074 DATE- Saturday, August 29th 1896 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:02 LEFT ON BASE- Spiders: 9 Giants: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Spiders: 0 Giants: 0 ERRORS- E.McKean-2, K.Gleason, G.Davis-4, J.Meekin DOUBLES- J.O'Connor(16th) HOME RUNS- B.Joyce(8th) RBIs- J.Burkett(68th), C.Childs(71st), P.Tebeau(72nd), J.O'Connor-2(29th), C.Zimmer-2(33rd), H.Blake-2(32nd), C.Young, W.Clark(45th), G.Van Haltren(72nd), B.Joyce(72nd), G.Davis(77th), F.Connaughton(53rd) CAUGHT STEALING- J.McAleer, B.Joyce, J.Meekin SACRIFICE HITS- J.O'Connor, C.Young SACRIFICE FLIES- J.O'Connor, C.Zimmer-2, F.Connaughton WALKS- J.Burkett, J.McAleer, C.Zimmer, H.Blake HIT BY PITCH- B.Joyce STRIKE OUTS- C.Young, G.Van Haltren, G.Davis RLISP 2-out- H.Blake, K.Gleason-2, J.O'Connor, C.Childs-2, G.Van Haltren TEAM RISP- Spiders: 4 for 15 Giants: 2 for 7 Jack O'Connor had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Cy Young completed the game without help from the bullpen at Polo Grounds as the Cleveland Spiders beat the New York Giants 13 to 6. Cleveland went ahead for good in the 4th inning with 2 runs on 2 hits. Jimmy McAleer led off and started the rally when he ripped a single. Patsy Tebeau was next and he lashed a single, and an error was also committed. O'Connor then hit a sacrifice fly plating a run. Chief Zimmer stepped in and he hit a deep fly scoring the final run of the inning. Cleveland totaled 15 hits on the afternoon. The victory went to Young(20-18) who went the distance allowing 6 runs. Jouett Meekin(22-9) was hit with the loss. He was knocked around by Cleveland, allowing 13 hits and 3 walks in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1896 Cleveland Spiders at 1896 New York Giants J.Burket-A1 A1:L/6 B1:Si C1:W>b1 D1:E/1>3# E1:Si>12 F1:G/3>3# 2# b2 23 E.McKean-A1 A2:F/9 B2:F/8 C2:Si>12 D2:L/3 E2:F/8 F2:F/8 C.Childs-A1 A3:F/8 B3:Force/ C3:Si>2# D3:G/63 E3:P/4 F3:E/6>3# 54>1o b1 13 J.McAlee-A1 *2*:Si *4*:Si C4:W>12 b *7*:Si *9*:Si F4:F/7 1 P.Tebeau-A1 A5:E/6>12 B5:Si+E/6 C5:Force/ D5:L/6 E5:Si>13 >13 36>3# 23 1o b1 J.O'Conn-A1 A6:Sac/14 B6:SF/9>3 C6:G/63 D6:CS/24> E6:Do>3# >23 12 # 23 1o Si 13 C.Zimmer-A1 A7:SF/7>3 B7:SF/8>3 *6*:Si D7:G/53 E7:W>b1 # # H.Blake-A1 A8:L/6 B8:P/5 C8:W>12 b *8*:E/6 E8:Si>3# 1 2# 13 C.Young-A1 *3*:K *5*:G/63 C9:Sac/34 D9:F/8 E9:Si+E/4 >23 12 >3# 13 W.Clark-A1 A1:FO/2 B1:Si>12 C1:CS/26> D1:G/63 E1:G/3>3# 1o G/13 12 G.Van Ha-A1 A2:L/3 B2:Si>2# C2:G/43 D2:K E2:P/4 13 M.Tierna-A1 A3:F/8 B3:P/4 *6*:Si *8*:G/13 B.Joyce-A1 *2*:Si B4:HBP>12 C4:F/9 D4:HR>b# K.Gleaso-A1 A5:P/5 B5:L/4 C5:Si>13 D5:P/5 G.Davis-A1 A6:CS/26> *4*:K C6:Si+E/6 D6:F/7 1o Si >3# 1# F.Connau-A1 A7:F/9 B7:P/3 C7:SF/8>3 *9*:Si # P.Wilson-A1 *3*:L/6 B8:G/53 C8:G/53 D8:E/6>12 J.Beckle-D8 J.Meekin-A1 A9:Si *5*:Si *7*:F/8 D9:Force/ C.Gettig-D7 54>23 1o J.Warner-D9 b1