The record-union., 1891-05-16
IN SECOND PLACE AGAIN.
The Sacramento Giants 0ut-Play the
San Franciscos.
A Pretty Contest at Snowflake Park.
In Which Superior Batting
Won the Day.

The Giants again moved up into second
place in the league procession yesterday.
There was not very large audience at
Snowflake Park, but those who were
there were of the crank order-people
who never miss a game-and, as usual,
they howled for the home nine.
1t was not what could be called brill.
liant game, except from the fact that Sac
ramento won-and they are always brill
ant games. But it was nice contest, one
Of the incest, in fact, that has been seen
in many day. 1t was one of those kind
of games, paradoXically speaking, that
was not over until the last man was out.
The contest was close throughout, and
the Giants had to play hard in order to
win, as their metropolitan opponents
were literally loaded with ginger.
The home nine won only through its
superior work with the bat
Cobb pitched for San Francisco. and.
although ten hits were made off his de-
livery by the heavy-hitting Giants, he
pitched good enough ball for any team,
Pop" SWEET caught Cobb superbly, but.
was weak in his throwing to second
France pitched good game for Sacra-
mentO with the exception of the fifth in
Hutchinson did not play his position at
third base in the way the pitcher wanted
him to. Spies caught him in fine style,
having particular penchant for foul
flies.
When the game opened it looked as,
though it was, going to be one of those
pyrotechnic displays, for which the
Giants are noted-banging the ball every
time it came near them. In this inning
the first run of the game was made. Sun
day, after tapping the ball outside of the
foul line for awhile, finally sent it whizz-l
ing through the air, in his own inimitable
style, for the back fence. Little Dan.
Sweeney, the midget center fielder, tried
to intercept 1t, but he might as well have
tried to stop cannon ball. 1t nearly
knocked him over. Sunday raced around
the circuit, the audience howled, and
well, when the dust settled Sunday was
doing a jig on third base.
Hutchinson caught the fever, and
smashed out another hot one, which Hasa
mer, the visiting shortstop, very sensibly
allowed to slip through his fingers. Sun
day scored and the audience yelled.
There was another yell, when McGuirk
went to the bat with a here's-another-
run-boys expression On his Grecian
countenance. He hit the ball hard
enough, but it was not on the Sunday
order-it went up in the air, and fielder
Clark put it into his pocket.
The San Franciscos went out in short
order in this inning, two of them fouling
to Spies, and one dropping a fly into
Works hands.
After this inning there was no more
run getting by either side until the fifth
inning, although there was some good
hitting and good playing generally. In
the fifth the visitors tied the score and the
cranks in the grand stand began to wear
serious look, as France was getting wild.
He had spat with Hutchinson and the
leather-lunged coachers of the San Fran
ciscos bothered him. In short, he was
ratified"
Cartwright, the brawny first baseman
Of the visitors, sent the ball spinning
down into McCloskey's territory and the
Sacramento captain dropped it. SWEET
bunted, advancing Cartwright to third,
and Van Zant sacrificed, scoring the big
first t-baseman. France had lost control
of the ball, and gave Cobb first. 1t looked
like May-pole dance for the visitors
but suddenly 1t was stopped, by means
of brilliantly executed double-play by
Hutchinson, Ward and McGuirk.
In the next inning the Sacramentos
again placed themselves one run in ad-
vance, by Sundays two-base hit, Works
single, and Sundays run-in after long
fly from McGuirk's bat had been caught.
In the seventh two more runs were
added, Ward, Sunday and Hutchinson
doing it, assisted by Sharp's wild throw
to first base.
In neither the sixth nor seventh did
the visitors score. In the eighth, how
ever, they managed to get another man
over the plate, through errors by Nc
Guirk and Sunday, and fast running by
Cobb.
In the ninth inning the Sacramentos
added one more run to their score, Ward
making a three-bagger, and coming home
on Hutchinson's safe hit into center field,
Following is the score: