The young Quaker's battery of pitcher Ferguson and catcher Crowley has come through yet again in another thrilling victory for the home nine.  The match was tight at two scores for each team going into the eighth inning.  The visiting Cleveland team scored one time to take the lead.  The home club had many chances to take the lead but pitcher McCormick held strong.  He was very tough on opposing pitcher Ferguson who was strcuk out on all four of his bats.  McCormick was still strong into the home half of the last inning.  Purcell led off with a single, followed by Manning;s high fly ball that brought him to second base with Purcell standing on third.  Mulvey then struck out, bringing Ferguson to bat.  He had no luck against McCormick in his first four bats, but came through with a one base hit to tie the contest and cheer the crowd, hoping to see a repeat of the tenth of this month when the battery combined for a great victory.  Crowley thrilled the home town crowd with a sharp single to score Manning and win the game.  Ferguson won his fourth game and Crowley's two hits raised his batting average to .400.  Ferguson was very sharp and kept his free passes to just two.  Manager Wright stated, "My young battery is a fine combination, as good as any I've seen."



BOXSCORE: 1884 Cleveland Blues At 1884 Philadelphia Quakers         5/13/1884
 
  Blues              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Quakers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Glasscock SS      4  0  0  0 .233     B.McClellan SS      5  1  1  0 .357  
  B.Phillips 1B       5  0  0  0 .129     B.Purcell LF        4  1  2  0 .171  
  P.Hotaling CF       5  0  0  0 .118     J.Manning RF        5  2  3  0 .364  
  W.Murphy LF         4  0  1  0 .138     J.Mulvey 3B         5  0  1  1 .250  
  M.Muldoon 3B        4  2  1  0 .344     C.Ferguson P        5  0  1  1 .348  
  J.Evans RF          4  0  1  0 .290     J.Crowley C         4  0  2  1 .400  
  J.McCormick P       4  1  2  1 .263     S.Farrar 1B         3  0  1  1 .323  
  J.Ardner 2B         4  0  1  0 .071     J.Remsen CF         4  0  1  0 .115  
  D.Bushong C         3  0  1  1 .250     E.Andrews 2B        4  0  2  0 .182  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  3  7  2                 Totals      39  4 14  4
 
 
Blues........... 0 1 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  7  2
Quakers......... 0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 2  -  4 14  6
 
Blues (3-5)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.McCormick LOSS(3-2)     8 1/3  14   4   3   2   9   0   1.66
Totals                    8 1/3  14   4   3   2   9   0
 
Quakers (5-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Ferguson WIN(4-1)       9       7   3   0   2   3   0   3.40
Totals                    9       7   3   0   2   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,229 DATE- Tuesday, May 13th 1884 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Eugene Van Court, , , 
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Blues: 9  Quakers:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blues: 0  Quakers: 1
ERRORS- W.Murphy, J.Ardner, B.McClellan, J.Mulvey, J.Crowley, S.Farrar,
        J.Remsen, C.Ferguson
DOUBLES- M.Muldoon(4th), J.Manning-2(3rd), J.Remsen(1st), E.Andrews-2(4th)
RBIs- J.McCormick(2nd), D.Bushong(2nd), J.Mulvey(9th), C.Ferguson(3rd),
      J.Crowley(3rd), S.Farrar(6th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Glasscock(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Bushong
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Farrar
WALKS- J.Glasscock, D.Bushong, B.Purcell, J.Crowley
STRIKE OUTS- B.Phillips, W.Murphy, M.Muldoon, B.McClellan, J.Mulvey,
             C.Ferguson-4, S.Farrar, J.Remsen, E.Andrews
GIDP- P.Hotaling
WILD PITCHES- J.McCormick, C.Ferguson
2-out RBI- D.Bushong, J.Mulvey, J.McCormick
RLISP 2-out- W.Murphy, J.Mulvey, J.Glasscock-3, B.Purcell, J.Remsen-2,
             C.Ferguson, B.McClellan-3, P.Hotaling, J.Crowley-2, D.Bushong
 
Jack Manning hit 2 doubles and Charlie Ferguson had a complete game at
Recreation Park as the Philadelphia Quakers staged a comeback win over the
Cleveland Blues by the count of 4 to 3.
 
Philadelphia scored the decisive runs in a big bottom of the 9th inning with 2
runs utilizing 4 base hits.  Blondie Purcell started the inning off right
when he stroked a one-base hit.  Manning came next and he doubled.  Joe
Mulvey followed, but he was set down on strikes.  Ferguson was up next and he
ripped a base-hit.  John Crowley came to the plate and lined a base-hit.
Philadelphia had 14 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Ferguson(4-1) got the victory, allowing 3 runs for the game. Jim
McCormick(3-2) was the losing pitcher.  He was touched for 14 hits and 2
walks in 8 and 1/3 innings.  
 
'Now there is a lesson in perseverance for you,' Manning noted.  'It was
looking pretty dim there for a while, but we just kept plugging away and it
really paid off in spades! And it was great to see the crowd go crazy there
at the end!'