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7/4/1873 NA Philadelphia Athletics VS NA Washington Blue Legs Jefferson Street Grounds Bot 4 INN Score V-H 3 - 13 PLAY SEQUENCE: 9*-3*-6* Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (SABR Kevin Harlow) Event: 9(B)93(1)36(2)/FTP Men On: 2 [ 1-2 ] PH1 VS WS5 Batter: First Second Third Batter: 1 G 9 Runner 1: 2 D 3 Runner 2: 3 D 46 Runner 3: 0 Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: {Out Type: D=Doubled-Off F=Forced G=Gloved T=Tagged X=Strike-Out; Out Loc: Retrosheet Field Location} NOTE: Insufficient information to write a complete narrative - BATTER RUNNERS OUT# PLAYSEQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10/16/1873 NA Philadelphia Whies vs NA Baltimore Canaries Jefferson Street Grounds Bot INN Score V-H - PLAY SEQUENCE: 5*-4*-3* Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (SABR Kevin Harlow) Event: 5(B)54(2)43(1)/LTP Men On: 2 [ 1-2 ] PH2 vs BL1 Batter: Everett Mills First George Hall Second Davy Force Third Tom York Batter: 1 G 5 Runner 1: 3 D 3 Runner 2: 2 D 46 Runner 3: 4 Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: {Out Type: D=Doubled-Off F=Forced G=Gloved T=Tagged X=Strike-Out; Out Loc: Retrosheet Field Location} Everett Mills (BL1) is the batter. He hit a hot liner to the 3B, Levi Meyerle, who snared the ball in (OUT 1) 3B then whipped the ball over to the 2B, Jimmy Wood, who toed the middle station to double off the runner there, Davy Force (OUT 2) 2B spun and tossed over to the 1B, Jim Devlin, who touched the bag before the runner, George Hall, could reclaim his spot (OUT 3) NOTE: Insufficient information to write a complete narrative - Verify RUNNER YORK on 3rd, NEED INNING SCORE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7/5/1875 NA St. Louis Brown Stockings VS NA Chicago White Stockings Grand Avenue Park Bot 7 INN Score V-H 0 - 13 PLAY SEQUENCE: 2*-5*-5* Source: St. Louis Globe-Democrat & Chicago Tribune (SABR Kevin Harlow) Event: K+3xH(25)2x3(5)/TP Men On: 3 [ 1-2-3 ] SL2 VS CH2 Batter: George Zettlein First Scott Hastings Second John Peters Third John Glenn Batter: 1 X 2 Runner 1: 4 Runner 2: 3 T 56 Runner 3: 2 T 5 Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: Out# Type Loc: {Out Type: D=Doubled-Off F=Forced G=Gloved T=Tagged X=Strike-Out; Out Loc: Retrosheet Field Location} George Zettlein (CH2) is the batter. He struck ineffectually three times. The C, Tom Miller, held the third strike then (OUT 1), pretended to drop it, and as the runner from second, John Peters, ran to third, and the runner from third, John Glenn, ran thinking it a force, the C tossed the ball to the 3B, Bill Hague, and both were touched off their bases by the 3B, (OUTS 2 & 3) NOTE: FIRST TRIPLE PLAY ON A ST. LOUIS BALL GROUND - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |