BOXSCORE: 1891 Cleveland Spiders At 1891 Philadelphia Phillies 9/15/1891 Spiders AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG J.Burkett RF 4 0 0 0 .143 B.Hamilton LF 5 1 2 1 .321 C.Childs 2B 2 2 0 0 .309 S.Thompson RF 4 0 1 1 .276 E.McKean SS 4 0 2 0 .272 B.Gray C 5 0 0 0 .167 G.Davis 3B 4 0 0 0 .313 E.Delahanty CF 3 1 0 0 .220 J.Virtue 1B 4 0 1 1 .267 A.Myers 2B 5 1 3 1 .243 J.Shearon CF 4 0 0 0 .274 W.Brown 1B 4 0 0 1 .233 J.McAleer LF 4 1 1 0 .243 B.Allen SS 3 1 1 0 .187 C.Zimmer C 3 1 1 1 .287 E.Mayer 3B 3 1 1 0 .171 C.Young P 3 0 0 0 .194 D.Esper P 4 0 0 0 .213 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 4 5 2 Totals 36 5 8 4 Spiders......... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 5 4 Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 - 5 8 4 Spiders (64-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Young LOSS(25-15) 8 2/3 8 5 4 3 7 0 2.52 A1 Totals 8 2/3 8 5 4 3 7 0 Phillies (48-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET D.Esper WIN(15-16) 9 5 4 1 0 4 0 3.23 A1 Totals 9 5 4 1 0 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 1,239 DATE- Tuesday, September 15th 1891 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:23 LEFT ON BASE- Spiders: 3 Phillies: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Spiders: 0 Phillies: 0 ERRORS- C.Childs, G.Davis, J.McAleer-2, B.Hamilton, B.Gray, D.Esper-2 DOUBLES- C.Zimmer(19th) RBIs- J.Virtue(66th), C.Zimmer(69th), B.Hamilton(41st), S.Thompson(69th), A.Myers(54th), W.Brown(45th) STOLEN BASES- C.Childs(48th), B.Hamilton(76th) CAUGHT STEALING- C.Childs WALKS- E.Delahanty-2, B.Allen HIT BY PITCH- C.Childs-2, S.Thompson, E.Mayer STRIKE OUTS- J.Burkett-2, C.Zimmer, C.Young, B.Gray, B.Allen-2, E.Mayer, D.Esper-3 WILD PITCHES- C.Young-2 2-out RBI- S.Thompson, B.Hamilton, A.Myers RLISP 2-out- E.Mayer, B.Gray-4, B.Allen, J.McAleer TEAM RISP- Spiders: 1 for 4 Phillies: 3 for 16 WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Ed Delahanty robbed John Shearon of an extra base hit. Al Myers had 3 base hits and Duke Esper came through with a solid 9 innings as the Philadelphia Phillies pulled out a win over the Cleveland Spiders by a score of 5 to 4 at Baseball Grounds. The game was decided in the 9th inning. Billy Hamilton reached on an error. After an out was recorded, Hamilton proceeded to steal third base. After another out, Ed Delahanty was walked intentionally. Myers followed next and he slapped a base-hit making Philadelphia the victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Philadelphia totaled 8 hits on the afternoon. Esper(15-16) finished the game allowing 4 runs in the victory. Cy Young(25-15) was given the loss. He gave up 5 runs and 8 hits in 8 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1891 Cleveland Spiders at 1891 Philadelphia Phillies J.Burket-A1 A1:G/3 B1:F/9 C1:K D1:K C.Childs-A1 A2:HBP *4*:F/9 *6*:E/1 *9*:HBP E.McKean-A1 A3:E/13>1 B3:Si C3:CS/24> D3:Si>12 2 SB+E/23 1o G/63 >2# F/7 G.Davis-A1 A4:G/31 B4:L/6 C4:L/3 D4:L/3 J.Virtue-A1 *2*:G/31 B5:Force/ *7*:G/63 D5:Si>2# 54>1o b1 12 J.Shearo-A1 A6:G/43 *5*:F/8 C6:P/4 D6:F/8 J.McAlee-A1 A7:P/3 B7:Si C7:G/13 D7:L/3 C.Zimmer-A1 *3*:G/53 B8:Do+E/7 *8*:K >1# b# C.Young-A1 A9:G/53 B9:K C9:G/43 B.Hamilt-A1 A1:F/8 B1:Si C1:WP>12 D1:Si>3# *9*:E/7>b F/7 12 2 S.Thomps-A1 A2:L/4 B2:G/43>1 C2:Si>2# D2:HBP>23 E2:F/7 2 12 B.Gray-A1 A3:P/4 B3:F/9 C3:F/8 D3:K E3:SB>23 P/3 E.Delaha-A1 *2*:G/3 *4*:E/7>b *6*:W>b1 *7*:G/43 E4:IW>b1 2 A.Myers-A1 A5:Si+E/5 B5:G/3>23 C5:Si+E/4 D5:G/53 E5:Si>3# >13 12 W.Brown-A1 A6:F/9 B6:L/6 C6:G/63>3 D6:F/7 # 23 B.Allen-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:K C7:WP>3# *8*:K Si E.Mayer-A1 A8:P/4 *5*:HBP C8:Si>13 D8:K D.Esper-A1 *3*:K B9:K C9:P/5 D9:K