The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-11
ONE FATAL MISPLAY COST ORATORS , 'S THE GAME
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 of the Home Aggregation.

A uttIe Iaek or thinking on the part of young MT. Kocher. the Orators snappy catcher cost a game at New field Park yesterday afternoon when the Hartfords won 10-5. The big noise was made in the visitors portion of the second. and many g. faithful fan was heard to groan under the strain. With one man out and three on bases, Pitch CT Evans hit hard to Miller but that player was there with the stick em smearing the ball and tossing it home to Kocher. who waited for Metzger to cross the plate. while all he was sup posed to do was to touch the plate had done this there would have been three out. Hartford took advantage of the misplay and piled up seven runs. enough to win the game.
 Pitcher Evans showed the same eff fectiveness against this years team, as he did last season when he made a worlds record with his no hit no run game. Yesterdays record was sixteen strikeouts of which Miller and Kocher contributed three apiece. Groom, the new man secured from the O. & P. league was on the mound for the Ora tors during the rough passages in the second. but was chased to the stables in the fourth. Pollard relieving him. :
 Lobert's hit in the opener was the only thing doing on the part of the visitors as the remaining three men went out in order. Bridgeport had a chance to do things in their half. but the mix 'em delivery of Evans spoiled our chances. Miller struck out. Ban non hit a liner at Warner too hot for that player to handle. Hilt was hit by the ball. while Ladd was safe when Justice dropped Warmers throw at second to catch Hilt. With three on, the next two batters famed the ozone. - But. Oh! the agony of the second, Metzger led off with a hit, McKenna yxeol rod Inc fno. fn IA n<1 CTS wide throw to catch him at first on his dump in front of the plate. Abrogast struck out. and then came the bonehead work. The bases were was one more added to the outs, Lobert came to hand, however, clean ing the bases up with a terrific smash to left field good for two bases He came home when Phelan let Warner S ground hit go through his legs. Hart slammed another at Phelan. but this one was really too hot to handle, each player moving up a bag; COnnery sent them both home with a single to cen ter. Metzger got his second hit of the inning but was caught between first and second on a relay from Ladd to Bourquin to Phelan. Connery scored Metzgsr. The fans could see no SCOT ing for the locals when three Orators again famed in their half. Two hits followed two out in the third for the senators put there was nothing QOlnR.
 Bridgeport locmed up strongly in the third with three runs. Ramon got his second hit for the session and came home when Hilt made a chaser out of Mckenna. with a smash to the horse gate. good for three stations. Ladd walked. and Phelan was safe on Jus tice's error. Bourquin hit the ball on the home plate. and it bounded high in the air. enough for Hilt to get going from third. Evans got the ball and threw to Abrogast, that player drop ping it, Hilt scoring. Ladd came in on a wild throw. Kocher hit to Warner who touched second putting Bourquin out and then to first in time to catch Rocher.
 The visitors added one more in the sixth. Hart hit one at Pollard which bounded off his shins high in the air Connery's attempt at a sacrifice brought him around to second and Hart to third as Pollard threw the ball into the bleachers. Hart came home when Metzger went out on a fly ball to Bannon. which counted as a sacri- flee hit. Bridgeport got one more in the sixth on Steinhauser's wall. and Pollard's two bagger. Three hits, a stolen base and an outf1eld fly scored two more for the visitors in the last session. Hilt's second three bagger, and Phelan'S two sacker added an other to the Orators score in the lat ter part of the ninth. The score: