Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-13
PLENTY OR BASEBALL.
THE sACRAMENT0s DEFEAT TIL
sT0CKT0Ns TWICE.
Honors Even Between Oakland and San
Francisco-Borchers is
Here Again.

Towards The close of the game yesterday
afternoon the Stocktons scared the Sacra
mentos pretty badly and came near turn
ing defeat into victory
After the seventh inning, when the score
stood Z to 6 in favor of the home team,
Harper went in to pitch, Hoffman having
injured his arm slightly, and those who
knew Harper's peculiar and cratic manner
of pitching when be commences were
rather nervous about the outcome. A little
of bis wildness would have resulted disas-
trously, but be settled down to steady
work Immediately upon stepping into the
box and shut the Stocktons out in the next
two innings. In the ninth he struck out
two of the batters, and the audience were
about to leave when little Hoffman of the
visiting team sent a clean hit out into
center-feld.
Being a good runner the prospects for 9
run for Stockton seemed excellent, but
Ward and Reitz cut bis career short when
he attempted to steal second base, and the
game ended with the score of to 6 in favor
of the Senators, making the second contest
won in single day.
SACRAMENTO COULDN'T HELP IT.
The grand and special stands were we'll
filled with people and there would have
been many more present had any other
club but Stockton played here.
A good many took il for granted that the
Sanra mn xaro111d mir, h. 1,,l !
capture the game, but not as easily as they
expected. Stockton made steady fight all
through the game and though somewhat
discouraged By the fact that the opposing
team was six runs in the lead at the end of
the fourth inning they kept up their bat
ting and by earnest work almost tied their
opponents in the seventh inning.
Hoffman, the Stockton twirler, was
batted hard and had to be taken out of the
box after the second inning. He seemed
more anxious 10 throw the ball over the
plate every time than 10 try to deceive the
batsman, and the result was that hit after
hit was made. He gave way TO Kilroy,
who pitched winning ball during the next
seven innings; but the game had been lost
before he started in, and all the satisfaction
he received was liberal amount of ap-
plause from the grand stand Stockwell
Taught ld4tiN We'll anu SuOW6u
to be the same quiet, earnest player that
he always was.
HOW THEY PLAYED.
Armstrong played poorly and, besides
Juggling" the ball couple OF times he
lost his head in the fifth inning and failed
to cover second base when there was a
chance for double play.
Wilson did good work at third base and
Pasche and Selma were quite effective in
their positions.
For the home club Hoffman and Ward
formed an excellent battery. The former
had done good work up to the time he re.
tired, and it was a sensible act on his part
to cease pitching when he knew his arm
was giving out. Wards catching was
splendid and his throwing to bases almost
perfect.
Stapleton made several neat stops at first
base and hit the ball hard. Had he been
better runner he might have made two
bases on at least one of his hits.
Reitz showed Selma how base hit near
second base could be stopped and the runner
thrown out at the initial without much
trouble.
Cedar did not play poor game, but he
surely does not understand how to run
man down when he catches him between
bases. On yesterday and the day before he
made two very poor attempts to catch
runner and failed.
The outfeld work of Roberts and Nc.
Hale was an exhibition of the playing that
good live felders can accomplish in a
game. Roberts was under every fly that
went into left field, excepting one which
Wilson knocked against the fence, and
every time ball was knocked into the air
in his territory, hall the audience would be
calling to the runner to come back, long
before the ball had descended.
McHale's work in right field was roundly
applauded. He made three difficult run
ming catches, two of them being exceed
ingly hard balls to reach.
Goodenough got in some telling work in
stealing bases. No less than four were
stolen in the game, and at Stockton he sue
ceeded in making three steals;
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