THE 1878 MILWAUKEE GRAYS

June 18, 1878 at Milwaukee
Grays defeat White Stockings, 7-5
Season record: 7-14-1

The first game of the series of the three games, in this city, between the Milwaukees and the Chicago nine too place yesterday afternoon. The defeats experienced by the Milwaukees during their trip had not tended to increase their popularity at home, and it was, therefore, not expected that a large crowd of spectators would be present. Some 400 or 500 people, however, witnessed the game and joined in the applause which greeted the success of the home nine, the score standing seven to five against the visitors at the end of the game. The Milwaukees guessed the upper side of the copper, and sent the visitors to bat. Golden sent the balls over the plate in such style that Harbridge, Start and Anson, the pet batters of the visiting nine, went out in one, two and three order, the first on three strikes, and the other two at first. Dalrymple and Peters went out at first, Goodman made a base hit. Foley got to first on Ferguson’s error, and it began to look as if the Milwaukees would make a score; but Golden struck out and the first inning closed with a zero on each side. In the next inning, Ferguson went to first on an error by Foley and stole second; but McClellan, Cassidy and Larkin went out in rapid order, closing the second with no tally for the visitors. Redmond and Morgan went out at first and Ellick scored a zero on three strikes.

The third inning closed with a cipher for the visitors, but Dalrymple and Peters each scored one, and Goodman made a three base hit, but was left on third through the failure of Foley and Golden to reach first. The game now stood 2 to 0 in favor of the home nine, and the friends of the Milwaukees applauded loudly. The fourth inning closed with a cipher on each side. In the fifth, the visitors had good luck, and Start, Larkin, Hankinson and Remsen succeeded in making tallies. Dalrymple added one to the Milwaukee’s score in the sixth. McClellan added one to the Chicago side, while nothing was done for the Milwaukee’s.

At this point, the Milwaukees changed catchers. Foley, who had been doing fairly well, going to third and Ellick going behind the bat. The change proved advantageous to the home nine and the visitors did not succeed in adding to their score during the remainder of the game, while the Milwaukee’s succeeded in running their score up to seven, which result was greeting with the wildest demonstrations of delight, especially by the immense crowd of men and boys on the roofs in the immediate neighborhood [note: take that Wrigley!].

The features of the game were: The splendid record of Dalrymple, he making four out of the seven runs for the Milwaukees, and a number of beautiful running catches; a magnificent running catch by Remsen; a fine bit of double play by Redmond, Peters and Goodman; a three-base hit by Goodman, and the good catching of Harbridge.

Notable:
- Sadly, this would be the only home win over Chicago for Milwaukee and the last victory over the White Stockings overall.
- The score was 7-5, but the box has Milwaukee scoring eight runs (Dalrymple 4, Peters, Golden, Ellick and Creamer).
- Peters was 4-for-5 for Milwaukee, which appears to have had 12 hits (hard to read).
- Time of the game was a lengthy 2:15.
- Earned runs … 0, of course.
- Milwaukee was now in sixth place, as Providence had fewer wins (5) and a lower winning percentage (.313).