Cleveland Spiders 8 – 9 Louisville Colonels
27 April 1898 · LOU03
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 9-17-5 runs-hits-errors line | Louisville Colonels | 1 in 73,834 games |
| 39 | 2 triples | Patsy Tebeau | 1 in 1,837 player-games |
| 29 | final score 9–8 | 1 in 159 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Spiders | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Louisville Colonels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 5 |
Box score
Cleveland Spiders batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Burkett | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Cupid Childs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wallace | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry Blake | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy McAleer | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 3B |
| Jack O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Cleveland Spiders pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport McAllister | 7.1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Cy Young | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Louisville Colonels batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| General Stafford | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dummy Hoy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Nance | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heinie Smith | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Wilson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
Louisville Colonels pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Ehret | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 |