Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-02
OAKLAND'S HARROW ESCAPE.
THE sACRAMENTos WAKE UP AND
MAKE A LIVELY FINISH.
1T Was ListIess Game for Eight Innings
Holman Breaks the Strike
Out Record.

There were eight innings of very unin-
teresting baseball at Snowflake Park yes
terday afternoon.
During that number of innings very
small audience watched the Oakland ag-
gregation of ball-tosseI toy with the home
team. In that time, too, the Oakiands had
six runs to their credit while Sacramento
boosted of but one-a homer" by Roberts.
At the beginning of the ninth many of
the yery small audience left the grounds
sad and disheartened. They knew that
Sacramento could not stem the tide.
But Sacramento has been blessed this
season with some OF that "Hayerly luck
which ball cranks talked about couple of
seasons ago. On various occasions have
they jumped in when a game was all but
over and snatohed victory from defeat
They didn't exactly snatch victory from
defeat yesterday, but they came so near it
that the Oaklands were discovered IN a
cold perspiration when that fatal ninth in
ming was over.
Young Mr.. McHae was the first re-gin-
gered Sacramenten to face Colonel Cobb in
that inning, and in his own peculiar way
knocked the ball into center field and was
safe on first. Senator Hoffman was next
to bat, and although he. too, hit safely,
young Mr.. McHale was shut out at second
Goodenough then set what was left of the
very small audience wild BY banging the
ball for three bases, scoring Hoffman.
But that was only the beginning of the
sport.
D.f.- H. L. L. i
as usual whacked the ball hard Good
enough scored and Daily was safe on first
Cedar also hit hard, but the Oskland's left
fielder gripped the ball and Cedar was out
Bowman took his place, and succeeded in
rapping a whistler" into center field.
Stockwell, the new Colonel, tried to stop it,
but it was too swift for him, and the result
was that Bowman did not stop running
until he had crossed the home plate, scor-
ing himself and DAILY. and bringing the
score up to to 6. Stapleton followed with
a single, and Roberts hit high enc into
left field, which the Oakland fielder failed
to catch.
Stapleton was now on third and Rob-
erts on second, and Reitz came to bat-a
hit by him meant tied score, and posi-
bly, victory. Those of the small audi
ence remaining cheered Justify, and the
Oakland aggregation looked very sad
But the fates decreed that Sacramento
should lose, and lose she did.
Reitz hit the ball easily to right and was
thrown out at second, closing the game at
5 to 6. 1t was close shave-an unusually
close %. cent shave-and the Colonies APP
preciated that fact.
Len Stockwell, who won fame in right
field with the San Franchises last year, and
who has been playing in the East this year,
made his debut with the Oaklands yes
terday, but it was an inglorious debut. He
made two errors in the field and struck
out every time he came to bst-four times
The real feature of the game was Hoff-
mans pitching. Although he was hit
rather hard at intervals all through the
game, he performed the feat of striking
out thirteen of the 0aklanders. This breaks
the strike-out record for this season. Har-
per has heretofore held it with twelve
strike outs