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GILL WINS PITCHER’S DUEL IN PHILADELPHIA
QUAKER ST. #1 GETS THE BETTER OF NEWARK’S KIHLSTEDT IN A RARE ONE-RUN GAME

PHILADELPHIA, PENN. (May 29, 1879) - Quaker State hosted Newark for the last of their three-game set on Thursday, and the contest at the Philadelphia Cricket Grounds finished with the rarest of outcomes: a 1-0 final score.

Quaker State went 1-0 during the bottom of the first on a run-scoring Single by CF Ned Morganti, and as it turned out that would be the only run of the game as both pitchers and both sets of fielders were in top form throughout the nine innings.

The pitching lines in Philadelphia:

• NEW P Washington Kihlstedt: L (3-6, 5.02), 8.0 IP, 5 HA, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• QS P Ross Gill: CG SHO (8-3, 2.70), 5 HA, 1 BB, 2 K

The two teams combined for three errors (A.P.B.L. Avg.: 10.6 total E/G) and, in a losing effort, visiting Newark had a rare errorless game in which their Catcher, Hilliard Patrick, threw out both Quaker St. men who tried to steal bases.

For the 2,900 or so in attendance it wasn’t what they would typically consider an exciting contest. However, fans of solid fundamental baseball likely saw it as a beautiful one.

The win ran Quaker State’s record to 14-7, which is good for a tie atop the Metropolitan Conference. Newark is 7-14, which has them sitting in seventh place in the Colonial Conference.