Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-30
WON IN THE FIFTEENTH.
sAVANNAH's GAME WITH PITTS
BURG UNPARALIELED.

BAVANNAH'S GAME WITH PITTS
BURG UNPARAII4ELED.
Fourteen InninCE Played Withouta Run
"A Wild Throw in the Fifteenth In
ming Gives Pittshurg the Game
Meals Brilliant Work In the BOx-Th,
Greatest Game Ever Played on south
ern Diamond.
The most remarkable game OF base bal
ever played in the South was that be-
tween Savannah and Pittsburg yester-
day. twas ball aud nothing but ball
The visitors won in the fifteenth inning
by a score OF ! to O.. The game was prae-
tieally q contest Of pitchers. Pitsburg
put up its crack battery, Morris
aud Carroll, against Neal and stock
well for the home team. Neal was
hit 6 times safe and Morris was batted for
D bases. bit not until both teams had
gone fifteen times to the bat was run
scored. BY an unfortunate error OF MUIR
ray in the fifteenth inning PittsburS got
in one run and won the game.
1t was a day of surprises for both
teams. Eleven men struck out trying to
ind NeaPs delivery, and l3 were retired
by Morris.
HUNTING THE DOWNS II DOT.
For IA innings Pittsburg did its best to
solve the wonderful dOwn-shoOt OF Savan-
fnah's Young pitcher, and then had to give it
lup. The home team had hard work to lind
Morris delivery, and though they batted
him for nine bases-twO three Daggers-
his wonderful effectiveness kept the team
from scoring a single run.
The fielding on both sides was brilliant.
But for two ineXcusable errors by HOtal-
ing in centre field, one by Miller at short
stop and Murray's fatal throw to first, Sa-
vannRh would nave played an errorless
delding game. PIttsburg played with a
single error by Scott at first base.
HARD WORK BEHIND THE BAT.
Stockwell caught brilliantly, and Car
1OPs work was faultless. Field and
Strict played effectively at first and sec
Ond, Field being credited with "A put
outs. Miller, with the exception of one
error, played superbly at short, and
Moriarlty and Gillen in the outfeld did
zine work.
The visitors played a hard game all
around-in the field and at the bat. The
pitching Of Morris was phenomenal. 1t
was the first game in which PittsbuTg has
played him against Southern club, and
next to that of Baldwin, the famous De-
trOit pitcher, his work In the box was the
finest that has ever been seen on the
home team was something the hard-hit-
ding PennsylVanians had not looked for.
EXCITEMENT IN THE GRAND STAND.
In the seventh inning when the visitors
had men on second and third with hard
hitter at the bat and only one out. bets
were made that Pittsburg would
WIN. The spectators were excited
and every man was watched. Two
men were retired on strikes and the
next went out at first. The crowd
rheered and the home team once more
went TO the bat but was quickly retired
in one. two, three order.
At the beginning OF the ninth inning the
excitement was at its height. The Pitts
burgs did their best to get on to the down
shoot, but they couldn't find it, and the
ninth inning ended without run being
scored by either side. In the tenth inning
Pittsburg againgo a man TO third, and
with only one out stood a chance Of max
Ing a run, but the seventh inning was re-
peated, and the man on third was left on
his base.
HOW THE GAME WAS WON.
From the eleventh to the fifteenth in
hIngs the excitement increased. The spec-
tatOrs in the grand stand applauded and
cheered and the crowd outside was wild
The home team was retired without /.
run, and two men of the visiting team
were BJEuck outs when MOTIFS sent
grounder to Murray, who made a wild
throw to first, and gave the runner his ]
base. Morris worked around TO third,
and the next man, by safe hit to right
field, yielded a run and ended the game.
Pittsburg has played many fine games,
but she probably never worked harder
than she did yesterday.
AN UNPARALLELED GAME.
The game stands unparalleled in the
history of base ball in the South. For so
long game-occupying hours and 10
minutes-it was remarkably free from err
rOrs, and the small number of base hits
is equally remarkable. The only game
on record within the past three years
where the score was kept down even to
was the famous Providence Boston game
in 1884 that stood ] and on Is innings,
and was called on account of
darkness. In 1882 the same clubs
played II innings without a run and in
the eighteenth inning a ball was his
among group OF carriages, giving the
Batter home run and winning the game
for Providence. Next to this game that
played yesterday by Savannah and Pitts
burg is believed to be without parallel.
The following is the score:
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