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Old 04-10-2011, 03:27 PM   #25
scott1964
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Wednesday June 4th 1873
Baltimore 6 Philadelphia 5 (10)
George Bechtel drives in Francis Abercrombie as Canaries sweep Athletics.

St Louis at Philadelphia
Friday June 6th 1873
Philadelphia 14 St Louis 2
Bill Boyd and Martin Mullen lead Athletics with three hits as Philadelphia stops losing streak. Rynie Wolters scatters five hits.

York Has Hot Hand, Bangs 5 hits
Monday, June 9th, 1873: It was high-5 day at Union Grounds, at least for Tom York of the Chicago White Stockings. He got a lot of high-5's for his outstanding hitting against the Brooklyn Atlantics, but he and his teammates couldn't pull out a win. York smashed 5 hits in 5 at-bats on a his record-setting day, but Chicago still dropped the game 11-9.

Baltimore CF Hines Will Miss 6 Weeks
Monday, June 9th, 1873: Baltimore fans will be disappointed to learn that Paul Hines suffered a knee sprain while making a defensive play in today's game. After the doctor informed the Baltimore Canaries manager that Hines was expected to miss 6 weeks, the manager told the press that the rest of the team would have to step up their play until the center fielder could return. "You can't make excuses in baseball, because there's always a game tomorrow," said the team's skipper.

Wednesday June 11th 1873
St Louis 13 Philadelphia 7
Levi Meyerle drives in four and Fred Waterman has three hits as Brown Stockings win. Ross Barnes drives in three for Athletics.

Friday June 13th 1873
Philadelphia 8 St Louis 3
Bill Boyd drives in three and Ross Barnes has another three hit performance.

Cleveland at Philadelphia
Tuesday June 17th 1873
Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 4
Ross Barnes and Martin Mullen lead Athletics attack with three hits and Rynie Wolters wins number 12.

Monday June 23rd 1873
Philadelphia 8 Cleveland 7
Ross Barnes leads Athletics over Blues. Late rally comes up short for Cleveland.

Wednesday May 25th 1873
Cleveland 7 Philadelphia 6
Candy Nelson drive in three with a bases loaded double in the 7th inning.

O'Rourke Strokes 5 Hits
Friday, June 27th, 1873: It was a sensational day at the plate for Jim O'Rourke, but a letdown as well as the Atlantics dropped the game 18-13 to the Reds. Nonetheless the Brooklyn catcher was pure misery for the Cincinnati pitching staff. He left them shell shocked with 5 hits in 6 at-bats in an explosive display of hitting.

Baltimore at Philadelphia
Sunday June 29th 1873
Baltimore 9 Philadelphia 6
Jim Devlin has four hits but Athletics drop another one to Canaries.

Standings

American League Standings

WLPCTGB
Baltimore Canaries195.792-
Philadelphia Athletics1311.5426.0
Cleveland Blues915.37510.0
St. Louis Brown Stockings717.29212.0

National League Standings

WLPCTGB
Cincinnati Reds1410.583-
Chicago White Stockings1410.583-
Boston Red Stockings1113.4583.0
Brooklyn Atlantics915.3755.0


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