The Portland daily press., 1895-08-05
SULLIVAN vs.. MAINS.
The Game in Lewiston the Best Ever
Played in the State.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE SAW
PORTLAND DEFEATED.

Nine Innings Played Without a Score on
Either Side-A Three Base Hit and
| Single Wins for Lewiston-Portland
Had Chance After Chance to Score But
FaiIed-The Best Exhibition of Pitching
Ever Witnessed in Maine-Sullivan Did
Not Win But He Did the Best Work
| Games in the League-Notes of Inter
est.
Saturday, witnessed the best and most
exciting game of baseball ever played in
the State of Maine Never in the history
of baseball in Maine has there been such
display of ability in the pitchers
points. For seven innings Portland's
great pitcher, Sullivan, prevented
Lewiston splayer from reaching second
base, and during the ten innings there
were only two men who reached third,
while on the other hand, no less than five
chances were given to Portland to score,
and they failed. If it had been game
where luck or errors were to have won,
Portland would have had it in nearly
every inning, but it was game where
base hits had to win it out, and these hits
were made by Lewiston in the tenth,
when Shea, the first man up, hit for a
three bagger, and was followed by
O'Connor with single. Portland had
every chance to win the game but lost,
either by falling to hit, or not taking
chances offered, or not playing baseball
as it should be played. We started off in
the first inning in way encouraging to
| the Portland spectators. Slater hit a
beauty, and reached first. Leighton the
next man up should have sacrificed, but
instead hit to the infleld, and the conse-
quence was double play. Shaffer, who
followed Leighton, hit a hard one, and
if Leighton had played the game, Slater
would have scored on the hit. AT another
time Frank Spill was on third, and Ma
COON On first, with one man out. Mains
pitched the ball and Magoon started for
second The catcher of the Lewistons
threw to catch Magoon, which he did.
Spill stood on third as though he was
chance was lost
The Portlands filed the bases in the
seventh, with one out, and Leighton at
the bat, but he could do no better than
pop up short fly, and Shaffer, who fol
lowed him struck out. 1t was exasperat-
ing to witness the opportunities we lost.
The only chance that Lewiston had to
score that she did not improve, was in
the seventh, when Brady reached first on
| Spill error, took second on Pettees
sacrifice, but in trying to reach home on
Flack's two bagger was caught at the
plate.
In Portlands half of the ninth, Terrien,
the first man up, hit base hit Sullivan
beautifully sacrificed him to second, and
Slater to third. Mains pitched four bad
balls to Leighton, purposely, and he took
first. At this point of the game Good
hart took Terriens place at third, he be-
| ing the faster runner, to reach home
while Leighton was going to second
But Leightons bid to draw throw to
second was not accepted, and Shaffer, the
next striker, was retired This brought
Goodhart behind the bat in the tenth
inning. After low foul tip, in which
Terrien would in all probability have
caught, Shea knocked three Dagger be-
tween Leighton and Shaffer in left
centre With man on third, and no one
out, Portland's infield was playing we'll
up, and the next man at the bat hit a
ball that went past Spill, which the latter
could easily have handled in his usual
position. This earned run proved all that
was necessary to win the finest exhibition
of pitchers skill ever witnessed in the
New England league.
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