May 16th-NL

McCreery saves day with defensive gem in 9th

Tom McCreery (pictured) vindicated himself for an earlier defensive miscue by making a potential game saving catch in the 9th inning at Washington Park. With 2 outs in the Reds 9th, they managed to have two players reach base for their top hitter, Sam Crawford. Crawford laced the offering from Wild Bill Donovan into the alley and it seemed to be a sure game tying hit. McCreery got a wonderful jump on the ball and managed to make a sprawling catch to end the game. McCreery was met with rousing cheers from the home fans, and received a grateful bear hug from pitcher Donovan whose record now sits at 5-0.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1901 Cincinnati Reds At 1901 BROOKLYN SUPERBAS            5/16/1901

 

  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     SUPERBAS           AB  R  H RBI AVG

  A.McBride LF        4  2  2  1 .278     J.Sheckard LF       5  2  2  1 .456  

  J.Dobbs CF          5  1  3  1 .279     W.Keeler RF         4  0  1  1 .300  

  J.Beckley 1B        5  1  2  2 .244     J.Kelley 1B         5  2  3  1 .286  

  S.Crawford RF       5  1  3  0 .424     T.Daly 2B           3  2  1  0 .346  

  H.Steinfeldt 2B     3  0  1  1 .365     B.Dahlen SS         4  0  1  1 .325  

  C.Irwin 3B          4  0  1  1 .288     T.McCreery CF       2  1  1  1 .260  

  G.Magoon SS         4  0  0  0 .204     F.Gatins 3B         4  0  0  0 .172  

  H.Peitz C           3  1  1  0 .308     D.McGuire C         3  1  2  1 .371  

  N.Hahn P            2  0  0  0 .136     W.Donovan P         2  0  1  2 .105  

A-D.Harley PH         1  0  0  0 .203                                          

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         Totals      36  6 13  6                 Totals      32  8 12  8

 

A-Pinch Hit For Hahn In 9th Inning

 

Reds............ 0 0 3  0 0 1  1 1 0  -  6 13  2

SUPERBAS........ 3 2 0  0 3 0  0 0    -  8 12  1

 

Reds (6-14)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

N.Hahn LOSS(4-3)          8      12   8   7   3   6   0 143   4.76

Totals                    8      12   8   7   3   6   0

 

SUPERBAS (15-4)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

W.Donovan WIN(5-0)        9      13   6   6   3   5   0 163   2.72

Totals                    9      13   6   6   3   5   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 4,118 DATE- Thursday, May 16th 1901 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average

T- 2:14

LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7  SUPERBAS: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  SUPERBAS: 2

ERRORS- A.McBride, J.Dobbs, T.McCreery

DOUBLES- J.Kelley(2nd), B.Dahlen(6th)

TRIPLES- J.Beckley(2nd), S.Crawford(1st)

SACRIFICE HITS- N.Hahn, W.Donovan-2

SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Keeler, T.McCreery

WALKS- A.McBride, H.Steinfeldt, H.Peitz, T.Daly, T.McCreery, D.McGuire

STRIKE OUTS- J.Beckley, S.Crawford, H.Steinfeldt, G.Magoon, N.Hahn, W.Keeler,

             T.Daly-2, B.Dahlen, T.McCreery, W.Donovan

GIDP- C.Irwin, G.Magoon

WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Tom McCreery robbed George Magoon of an extra base hit.

          Bot 5th: George Magoon robbed Jimmy Sheckard of a base hit.

 

Wild Bill Donovan allowed Ned Hanlon to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete

game at Washington Park as the BROOKLYN SUPERBAS beat the Cincinnati Reds 8

to 6.

 

Cincinnati fell behind quickly as the BROOKLYN offense came through in the

first inning scoring 3 runners on 4 hits.  BROOKLYN managed 12 in their

victory.  

 

Donovan(5-0) finished the game allowing 6 runs in the victory. Noodles

Hahn(4-3) was given the loss.  He allowed 12 hits and 3 walks in 8 innings.

 

'I had a little blister on my index finger before the game, but I thought it

was nothing.' Donovan said.  'I was lucky I got a win because I couldn't put

the ball where I wanted it.'

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