May 7th-NL

Wild Bill runs record to 3-0 in Superbas win

Wild Bill Donovan (pictured) kept his record perfect and fanned 10 in the Superbas 7-3 win over Boston. Jimmy Sheckard provided the offensive fireworks for Brooklyn with a 4-5 performance. Brooklyn is now sitting atop the NL with a 10-2 record.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1901 BROOKLYN SUPERBAS At 1901 Boston Beaneaters           5/7/1901

 

  SUPERBAS           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Beaneaters         AB  R  H RBI AVG

  L.Davis LF          3  3  1  0 .255     B.Hamilton CF       5  2  3  0 .359  

  W.Keeler RF         5  0  0  0 .356     F.Tenney 1B         4  0  2  0 .225  

  J.Sheckard 3B       5  1  4  2 .490     G.Demontreville 3B  5  1  0  0 .167  

  T.McCreery CF       4  1  1  1 .315     H.Long SS           4  0  1  1 .237  

  D.Farrell 1B        5  0  1  2 .231     B.Lowe 2B           3  0  2  1 .244  

  T.Daly 2B           5  1  0  0 .340     F.Crolius RF        4  0  0  0 .125  

  B.Dahlen SS         5  0  1  1 .304     S.Barry LF          4  0  3  0 .256  

  D.McGuire C         4  0  2  1 .348     M.Kittridge C       4  0  0  0 .194  

  W.Donovan P         4  1  0  0 .071     V.Willis P          4  0  0  0 .222  

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         Totals      40  7 10  7                 Totals      37  3 11  2

 

 

SUPERBAS........ 1 0 0  2 0 0  2 0 2  -  7 10  2

Beaneaters...... 0 0 2  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  3 11  4

 

SUPERBAS (10-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

W.Donovan WIN(3-0)        9      11   3   1   1  10   0 125   1.54

Totals                    9      11   3   1   1  10   0

 

Beaneaters (3-7)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

V.Willis LOSS(0-2)        9      10   7   3   3   3   0 157   3.08

Totals                    9      10   7   3   3   3   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 2,114 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 1901 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average

T- 1:55

LEFT ON BASE- SUPERBAS: 9  Beaneaters: 9

DOUBLE PLAYS- SUPERBAS: 0  Beaneaters: 0

ERRORS- W.Keeler, D.Farrell, G.Demontreville, B.Lowe-2, M.Kittridge

DOUBLES- F.Tenney(2nd)

STOLEN BASES- L.Davis(1st), J.Sheckard-2(5th)

CAUGHT STEALING- B.Lowe

SACRIFICE HITS- F.Tenney

WALKS- L.Davis-2, T.McCreery, B.Lowe

STRIKE OUTS- L.Davis, T.Daly, D.McGuire, B.Hamilton, G.Demontreville, H.Long,

             F.Crolius, M.Kittridge-3, V.Willis-3

 

Wild Bill Donovan struck out 10 batters and Jimmy Sheckard had 4 hits and 2

RBI at South End Grounds where the BROOKLYN SUPERBAS beat the Boston

Beaneaters by the score of 7 to 3.

 

Donovan(3-0) gave BROOKLYN a solid outing.  He didn't give up much, just 11

hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  BROOKLYN had 10 hits for the afternoon.  

 

Vic Willis(0-2) was tagged with the loss.  Donovan, when asked about his 10

strikeout performance noted, 'The important thing is that we won, if I get 20

and we lose, what good does it do our team? But, on the other hand, since we

won it feels great!'

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