May 22nd-NL

Murphy twirls 5-hitter in first game of doubleheader

Ed Murphy (pictured), threw a 5-hit shutout as the Cardinals won the first game of a doubleheader in Brooklyn. Wild Bill Donovan took his first loss of the season, and dropped to 5-1. Murphy was never in any serious trouble in any inning, and had an early 3-0 lead given to him. Cardinals scored four in the 9th to ice the game and send St. Louis to their 2nd straight win over the Superbas.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1901 St. Louis Cardinals At 1901 BROOKLYN SUPERBAS        5/22/1901

 

  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     SUPERBAS           AB  R  H RBI AVG

  J.Burkett LF        5  2  1  0 .276     J.Sheckard LF       4  0  1  0 .422  

  E.Heidrick CF       4  1  1  1 .290     W.Keeler RF         4  0  1  0 .311  

  P.Donovan RF        5  0  2  2 .330     J.Kelley 1B         4  0  1  0 .329  

  D.McGann 1B         5  0  2  1 .291     T.Daly 2B           4  0  0  0 .326  

  P.Childs 2B         5  1  0  0 .200     B.Dahlen SS         3  0  0  0 .309  

  D.Padden SS         3  2  1  0 .182     T.McCreery CF       3  0  0  0 .274  

  O.Krueger 3B        3  0  0  0 .275     F.Gatins 3B         3  0  0  0 .154  

  A.Nichols C         4  1  2  2 .365     D.Farrell C         3  0  1  0 .258  

  E.Murphy P          4  0  0  0 .154     W.Donovan P         3  0  1  0 .136  

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      

         Totals      38  7  9  6                 Totals      31  0  5  0

 

 

Cardinals....... 1 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 4  -  7  9  0

SUPERBAS........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  5

 

Cardinals (13-11)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

E.Murphy WIN(2-0)         9       5   0   0   2   2   0 134   3.03

Totals                    9       5   0   0   2   2   0

 

SUPERBAS (16-6)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

W.Donovan LOSS(5-1)       9       9   7   4   1   6   0 140   2.90

Totals                    9       9   7   4   1   6   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 2,448 DATE- Wednesday, May 22nd 1901 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average

T- 1:44

LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7  SUPERBAS: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  SUPERBAS: 0

ERRORS- J.Kelley, B.Dahlen-2, T.McCreery, W.Donovan

DOUBLES- D.McGann(4th), J.Sheckard(8th), W.Donovan

STOLEN BASES- D.Padden(3rd)

CAUGHT STEALING- F.Gatins

SACRIFICE HITS- E.Heidrick, O.Krueger

WALKS- D.Padden, B.Dahlen, T.McCreery

STRIKE OUTS- E.Heidrick, P.Donovan, D.McGann, P.Childs-2, O.Krueger, J.Kelley,

             T.McCreery

WILD PITCHES- E.Murphy

 

Ed Murphy threw a complete game shutout and catcher Art Nichols had 2 base

hits and 2 RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the BROOKLYN SUPERBAS by a

score of 7 to 0 at Washington Park.

 

Murphy(2-0) put on a good performance. He gave up just 5 hits and 2 walks in 9

innings seeing his ERA drop from 4.35 to 3.03.  St. Louis managed 9 in their

victory.  

 

Wild Bill Donovan(5-1) absorbed the loss.  He pitched 9 innings giving up 9

hits and 1 walk.

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