BOXSCORE: 1871 Philadelphia Athletics At 1871 Boston Red Stockings 9/9/1871 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Red Stockings AB R H RBI AVG N.Cuthbert LF 5 1 1 1 .257 G.Wright SS 5 2 3 1 .382 F.Malone C 5 0 0 0 .307 R.Barnes 2B 5 2 3 2 .325 J.Radcliff SS 5 0 0 0 .315 D.Birdsall RF 5 3 3 2 .268 G.Bechtel P 4 0 0 0 .286 C.McVey C 3 2 1 3 .321 W.Fisler 1B 4 0 1 0 .388 A.Spalding P 5 2 1 0 .255 A.Reach 2B 4 1 1 0 .270 C.Gould 1B 5 1 2 0 .330 C.Sensenderfer CF 4 0 2 0 .409 H.Schafer 3B 5 1 1 3 .283 L.Meyerle 3B 4 0 1 0 .298 F.Barrows LF 5 1 0 1 .161 G.Heubel RF 4 2 2 0 .355 H.Wright CF 5 0 1 0 .273 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 4 8 1 Totals 43 14 15 12 Athletics....... 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 8 Red Stockings... 4 1 0 0 4 2 1 2 - 14 15 6 Athletics (12-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET G.Bechtel LOSS(1-2) 8 15 14 8 0 0 0 5.40 A1 Totals 8 15 14 8 0 0 0 Red Stockings (16-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET A.Spalding WIN(16-8) 9 8 4 1 0 0 0 1.90 A1 Totals 9 8 4 1 0 0 0 ATTENDANCE- 4,843 DATE- Saturday, September 9th 1871 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 1:58 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Red Stockings: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Red Stockings: 1 ERRORS- F.Malone-2, J.Radcliff-3, A.Reach, L.Meyerle, G.Heubel, G.Wright-2, R.Barnes, D.Birdsall, C.McVey, H.Wright DOUBLES- A.Reach(4th), G.Heubel(1st), G.Wright(4th), R.Barnes-2(5th), C.McVey(4th), H.Schafer(8th), H.Wright(4th) TRIPLES- N.Cuthbert(2nd), R.Barnes(6th), D.Birdsall-3(8th) RBIs- N.Cuthbert(11th), G.Wright(12th), R.Barnes-2(14th), D.Birdsall-2(19th), C.McVey-3(19th), H.Schafer-3(19th), F.Barrows(5th) CAUGHT STEALING- G.Wright SACRIFICE FLIES- C.McVey-2 GIDP- F.Malone PASSED BALLS- C.McVey RLISP 2-out- C.Sensenderfer, C.McVey, F.Barrows, G.Bechtel, G.Heubel, R.Barnes, L.Meyerle, H.Wright, J.Radcliff TEAM RISP- Athletics: 0 for 13 Red Stockings: 4 for 18 Al Spalding pitched a complete game and right fielder Dave Birdsall smacked 3 triples and had 2 RBI as the Boston Red Stockings man-handled the Philadelphia Athletics - the final score was 14 to 4. Birdsall provided much of the offense. He tripled resulting in a run in the 1st inning, tripled in the 5th inning and tripled which scored a run in the 6th inning. Boston simply wore out the Philadelphia pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings. Spalding(16-8) allowed 4 runs on the game. George Bechtel(1-2) was hit with the loss. Boston knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 14 runs in 8 innings. SCORESHEET: 1871 Philadelphia Athletics at 1871 Boston Red Stockings N.Cuthbe-A1 A1:E/6 B1:Tr>1# C1:F/8 *7*:G/43 E1:L/4 F.Malone-A1 A2:G-DP/6 B2:FO/2 C2:E/8>2# D2:F/7 E2:G/63 43>1o b2 J.Radcli-A1 A3:G/63 B3:E/6>3# C3:F/9 D3:G/63 E3:F/8 G.Bechte-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:G/63 C4:P/6 *8*:F/8 W.Fisler-A1 A5:Si *4*:G/63 *6*:L/6 D5:G/63 A.Reach-A1 A6:G/63>1 B6:G/63 C6:P/3 D6:E(foul 2 )/2 Do C.Sensen-A1 A7:PB>23 B7:Si C7:Si D7:E/9>2# G/43 b2 L.Meyerl-A1 *3*:F/8 B8:G/13 C8:Si>12 D8:G/43 G.Heubel-A1 A9:Si *5*:E/4>b C9:P/6 *9*:Do 2 G.Wright-A1 A1:Si B1:Do C1:Si D1:G/63 E1:G/43>3 # 23 R.Barnes-A1 A2:Tr>1# B2:Do>2# C2:F/8 CS *6*:Do E2:F/8 /24>1o D.Birdsa-A1 A3:Tr>3# B3:F/8 *5*:Tr D3:Tr>2# *8*:L/6 C.McVey-A1 A4:E/6>3# B4:L/6 C4:SF/7>3 D4:SF/7>3 E4:Do # # A.Spaldi-A1 A5:L/6 *3*:F/7 C5:Si D5:L/4 E5:E/9>2# b2 C.Gould-A1 A6:Si>13 B6:Si+E/4 C6:E/2>12 D6:G/43 E6:P/2 H.Schafe-A1 A7:Force/ B7:G/63 C7:Do>2# *7*:L/4 E7:E/6>23 46>3# 1o 1# b1 F.Barrow-A1 A8:L/5 B8:G/43 C8:E/5>3# D8:E/2 E8:E/6>3# 12 H.Wright-A1 *2*:G/53 *4*:G/63 C9:Force/ D9:Do>13 E9:L/4 64>1o b1