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Show PIRATES LUCKY IN GAME WITH REDS Pittsburg. April 17. The opening game of the National league here brought over 20,000 spectators to Forbes field PittBburg won from Cincinnati Cin-cinnati 3 to 2 The visltori played the better ball but lucky breaks won for the locals Cincinnati scored the first run in the fifth inning through singles by Grant and Clark and sacrifice sac-rifice lilts by Suggs and Bescher. Pittsburg won In the sixth inning when Carey walked, Hoffman and Byrne made two-base hits, Carey scoring, scor-ing, hut Hoffman being called out through his failure to touch thinl base Two singles then followed from Wilson and Butlr. bringing in the winning runs The score: PITTSBURG A BR BH.PO A Carey, If 3 1 0 2 0 Hoffman cf 4 0 1 6 0 Byrne, 3b 4 1 8 2 1 Wagner, ss 4 0 0 2 0 Miller, lb 3 1 1 7 2 Wilson, rf 3 0 1 1 0 Butler. 2b . 3 0 0 1 2 Gibson, c 3 0 2 fi 1 dams. p 8 0 0 0 1 Totals . 30 3 8 27 7 CINCINNATI AB R L5H PO A Bescher If 5 0 2 1 0 Bates, cf 4 0 0 0 0 Tinker, ss 4 0 2 1 1 HobliUel, lb . 4 1 2 15 -0 Marsans. rt 4 0 1 2 0 Egan. 2b 4 0 t 3 0 Grant. 3b 4 0 0 2 3 Clark, c 4 1 1 2 0 Suggs, p 2 0 0 0 1 Works, p 2 0 0 0 5 McDonald 1 0 0 0 0 Becker 1 0 0 0 0 Totals . . .39 2 9 24 12 Batted for Suggs in the seventh Batted for Works in the ninth SCORE BY INNINGS Cincinnati 000 010 0102 Pittsburg 000 003 0003 SUMMARY. Errors Wagner, Butler. Tinker Two-base hits Tinker, Byrne 2, Hoffman. Hoff-man. Hits Off Suggs 8 iu 7 innings, off Works none in 1 inning Sacrifice hit Suggs Sacrifice fl- Bescher Double play Grant to Hoblltzel Bases on balls O ffSuggs I, off Adams' Ad-ams' 1 Struck out By Adams 1 Wild pitch dams Left on bases-Cincinnati bases-Cincinnati 8. Pittsburg 4 Hits Off Suggs 8 in 6 Innings, off Works, none In two innings Time of game 1:43. LTmplres Owens and Guthrie |
