Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-02
ELEVEN INNINGS.
Gardiner Defeats Augusta by
Score Of 8 to 6.
An Interesting Game From the Start
to the Finish.
Gardiner Victorious Largely THROUGH
the Pitching of Lewis.

The Augusta baseball team nlayed
Its opening game at the trotting park,
yesterday afternoon. The team de-
served a good day, but it was not one
that would call out a large crowd of
spectators. The sun hid itself behind
the clouds large part of the time
during the forenoon and a part of the
afternoon and in the forenoon there
was 4 good prospect that the game
might be called on account of rain.
Then the temperature was not the
finest that ever graced the first day of
July. Nevertheless, despite the weather,
the two teams played a rafting good
game from start to finish.
Augusta could hardly expect to win.
This is the first time the team has
been up against opponents other than
scrub teams and practice has conse-
que ntly been rather meagre. Gardiner
has played 4 number of games so far
this season and has not only Shown
herself capable OF winning but she
has continued to strengthen her team
as time went on. The addition of
Lewis, Bowdoin's substitute pitcher, is
a big advantage to her.
Lewis is q good man to have around
wien IL cOlileS 10 playing DdSeDdil
When he is In the box the outfielders
may as well sit down ard wait be-
cause there will not be a great deal
for them to do. He fooled the Au-
gusta batters, yesterday, in a manner
that many of them have not been fool
ed since their embryro baseball days.
Somehow they couldn't seem to hit
him. He had NEST excellent control
as well as an ability tC fool the bat
ter. Parquette, the Augusta twirler,
did good work, striking out II men
during the game, but he was q little
wild now and then. The game was
won largely through the work of
Lewis, because, as a matter of fact,
there was but little difference in the
fielding and the batting of the two.
Gardiner came to the bat first and
failed to score. Breedo flied to the
catcher. LaWton made a hit. Par
quette. then gave Munro base on
balls, forcing Lawton to second. But
this was as far as things went. Par
quette steadied down and struck out
the next two men at the bat. In the
second half of the first inning Augusta
crossed the plate once. Craig started
suit, but Munro allowed him to take
first on n passed ball. ]. Martin, who,
by the way, was the only man on the
Augusta team who did not strike out
during the game, was the next man
up He hit to left, but that player
failed to hold the ball and the bats
man took first while Gilley went to
second A passed ball brought the lat
ter man across home plate and sent
J. Martin to third. Phillips came up
and famed the air. but again Mum
TO failed to hold the ball. The bats
man started for home, but the ball
reached there before he did and got
back to home plate before Martin, who
YVES running home, had his foot on safe
territory.
The second inning was characterized
by four strikeouts by Lewis. The
third was rather loosely played on
both sides, resulting in one score for
Gardiner and four for Augusta. Au-
gusta did her entire work in this in
ming after two men were out. Par
quette, the first man at the bat, Tanned
the air. and Craig Knocked an easy
one to short. 1t was then that the fun
Martin banged the sphere out through
the territory Of the third baseman and
the left fielder, not any too far from
them but far enough to call it a two
bacger. This brought Gilley in. Phil
lips got 4 base on balls and while
Bither was at the bat the umpire call
ed Il balll on Lewis. which filled the
bases. Kinsman made a hit and
brought in Martin. Then he went to
second on an error by the center fielder
and Phillips and Bither scored. Small
went out. second to first, closing the
inning.
From this time on until the 18th
inning Augusta failed to score. AT
the close of the third it was 5 to l
in favor of Augusta. In the next five
innings Gardiner crossed the plate four
times, not more than once in any one
inning, however. This tied the score
at the end of the eighth.
The ninth was uneventful, neither
side accomplishing anything. The al
loted number of innings had now been
PLAYED. but neither side had showed
its superiority. The next inning was
almost duplicate~of the nineth.
Things began to look interesting.
The nth inning was opened and
every mans nerves were strained to
the highest tension. 1t was one of