Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-03
OAKLAND and SACRAMENTO.
THEY WERE wINNERsIN YESTERDAYS
BALL GAMES.
A Splendid Exhibition of BaIl-Playing
in This City Hot Race for
the Pennant.

There was no limit to the excitement and
enthusiasm manifested by the spectators
who attended yesterdays ball game in this
city between the Oaklands and Stocktons,
and it is doubtful if such an exciting finish
to game was ever before seen here. The
Sacramentos did not figure in the contest,
but the audience selected the Stockton
team as their favorites, and never was a
crowd more anxious to see their own club
win than were the Sacramento people.
They wanted Stockton to capture the game,
if possible, and the Senators themselves
would not have been given the encourage
ment and cheers that the grand stand ex-
tended to the team of their choice. In
their own town the Stockton club could not
have been encouraged more, and SIS re-
suit the nine gave Oakland one of the
hardest battles that has ever been seen on
ball ground.
Carsey was in the box for Colonel Robin
sons team. but he gave wey to Shaw after
the third inning, realizing that the Banner
Island club were ga1ging his pitching with
too great ease.
Oakland started OF in the first inning by
scoring two men. DUNCAN knocked out
single, and Dooley followed with home
run drive. Stockton fought hard to tie the
score, but did not succeed until the fourth
inning. Stockwell and Armstrong each
made a hit, and both men scored on Will
sons sacrifice and a clean hit by Fudger.
Oakland again took the lead in the fifth
inning, scoring two runs on hits by Can
tillion, Lehman and Shaw, and a base on
balls by Sweeney.
Stockton reduced their opponents lead
to one run in the sixth inning by tallying
Wilson on errors by Cantillion and Tip
0'Nell.
In the seventh inning the Oakland team
gained another run, Dooley reaching first
base on hit and scoring on Lohman's
three-base hit to right field.
Neither side scored in the eighth inning,
and when the ninth commenced the score
was 5 to in favor of the Oakland Club. 1t
was generally conceded that the game
would end thus, bat when Fudger, the first
crowd prepared to do some tail coaching.
Shaw, the Oakland pitcher, became wor-
ried and threw wild pitch, allowing
Fudger to reach third base. Holiday
waited and went to first on balls. Hoff-
man hit an easy one to Mcdonald, who
threw wild 10 Dooley. The batter was safe,
Fudger scored and the excitement kept
growing every moment.
Stockwell was encouraged to do his best,
but he could only hit grounder to Dooley.
The latter thought he had the ball easily,
but being too sure he '.juggled" and then
threw wildly TO third base, with the result
that Halliday and Hoffman scored, giving
the Stocktons lead of one run.
The crowd fairly raised the grand stand
with shouts and yells. The small boys
tossed their hats into the air, the Stockt n
club fell over one another in their excite
ment, and for fully I've minutes pande-
monium reigned. The side was afterward
retired in one, two and three order, and
the Oaklands came to the bat for their last
time.
When Cantillion and Sweeney were both
fielded out, the crowd thought victory for
Stockton was certain, but by the time seven
more balls had been pitched by Kilroy,
Oakland had won the game.
The next three batters, DUNCAN, Dooley
and Lehman, all drove out hard singles and
won the game, scoring two men.
Meegsn was roundly Kissed at one time
for not declaring a strike on Shaw, when
he hit at the ball, and even threw the bat
down to show that he meant to strike it.
He afterward tanned" however, and the
decision did not make any material differ
ence. 1t was Meegan's first bad decision,
and he should not have been bounced upon
so suddenly. He has proved himself bet
ter referee than either Sweeney or Dona-
hue. Following is the score: