The morning call., 1893-06-09
SCORES OF HITS.
Oakland Won by Frequent
and Heavy Drives.
IRWIN BREAKS A RECORD.
The Game Was Opened and Closed
With Home Runs, With Hits
i'm the Middle.

There was another niGn SKY pIe'"ii
ing out at the Haight-street grounds yes
terday afternoon when the first game OF
the weeks series between Oakland ahd
Los Angeles took place.
1t was, in fact, about the tallest SKY
that has made its appearance thus lar this
season. 1t filled the game so full OF hlts
and runs that il seemed as If sldeDoards
would have to be put on for while.
L. was the closest thing-that game
was-that you can imagine. Los Angeles
cana within one of tying Oakland's seven
teen rms in the last of the ninth inning.
after Ioring tied and united the score
once before.
But the '.high sky" and the hits made
the game what it was. The total receipts
show tnat there were thirty-six hits, di-
yiied I'D into two home runs, seven triples,
eleven doubles and the rest singles.
Irwin broke the coast record. In six
times at the bat he made six hits. one
n home run. one triple, three doubles
and one single. Evidently Mr.. Irwin had
his brightest eye with him yesterday, and
then, too the sky was high.
Nicol also figures in The batting done
Yesterday quite profusely. The hrst hit
of the game was lrwin's home run, and
the last hit was a home run by Nlcol. He
also touched off three Dagger at an op-
perfume time.
OF course the public will naturally be
interested in the men who were tossing up
the balls that afterward sped SO freely
through the high sky, so before proceed
ing further just word IN regard TO this
will be In order.
Firstly, there was Matte" McVickers
speeding up the sphere for Lindley's
hands. For five innings McVickPrS was
bully boy. Matte. you're putting 'em
over" but after that he got slant in his
eye and his arm froze and things went all
to smash for three innings.
Opposed TO him was Griffith. We'll
skilled in the art of putting 'em over" is
Griffith, Seldom does he fall down at the
wrong time. But yesterday, right in the
third innlug. he flew off the handle so bad
that six hits aud a base on balls netted the
Angels seven runs.
Apparently Captain Glenalvin's eye was
shew-hawed all the afternoon. Griffith
struck out eight men yesterday. Four of
them were Glenalvin-thatis is to say, Glen
alvin was stricken out four times; ami
while his colleagues were slamming out
home runs ana triples and tie like, and
fatlening their batting averages. he was
slamming only the atmosphere, OF which
lHtic was yesterday.
Callopy got into the three-bagger column
a couple of times, and Hulen, Griffith and
Cantillion each plucked a pair of doubles.
and so it went.
Nicol was stationed in right field, because
Buck Hughes has strained his back and
can't play ball for a while. He brought
his strained back out to the grounds yes
terday, though, and deposited it on the
bench. along with the other parts of him.
AS already stated Irwin started the hits
with home run. The ball he struck went
scooting out through center field and never
stopped until it was out of sight, behind
the scoreboard, A single by McGucken,
who, by the way, was as unhappy as usual
yesterday, and double by Callopy went
10 make uD the rest of the halt inning that
Melted Oakland three runs.
Singles by Hulen and McCauley in the
last half brought in Huleu's run for Los
Angeles.
Irwin's hit in the second, after Cantil-
lion had gone to first on an error by Hutch
nson and been forced out by Cody hit
ting to Glenalvin, brought in Cody's man.
That last half of the third, when Los
Angeles made seven, was an inning pro-
l!fr in swats.
Wright had waited for base on balls
when Hulen came up and smashed out a
double. McCauley also waited for four
poor ones, and then the bases were full.
Hutchinson singled. That scored Wright.
Glenalvln struck out. The crowd cheered.
Lytle batted two-bagger and cleaned the
three bases of Their former occupants amid
enthusiasm wild and intense.
But the worst was yet to come. Lohman
singled. scoring Lytle, and Nicol doubled.
McNickers was hit by the pitcher and Lob
man throws out at first Then Wrighi
doubled. After that Hulen struck out and
stopped further trouble.
That put Los Angeles way in the lead
and for two innings they held it, only
allowing Oak land to score once, but in ihe
f st of the sixth again Oak land piled or
Oh more runs. giving lead of one, and
irO that point out kept ahead of the
gone.
Doubles by Irwin and Earle and singles
by McGuc6en and Hines brought the foul
in the sixth.
In the seventh Oakland secured three
aud in the eighth five. Not single inning
did they play without getting hit.
BY scoring three in the last half of the
eighth Los Angeles came ap to within
three of tie, and they shut out Oakland
in the first of the ninth, leaving them st II
shy only three. Two they got only, and
so they lost the game. Nicol's home run
wound up the fracas. Wright imm ediately
after fying out to unhappy McGucken.
The score was as follows: