Game 240: Des Moines @ Kansas City
July 22, 1888
Kansas City 9, Des Moines 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 9 8 5 Des Moines 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 9

Pitchers: Kansas City: Nichols (W) Des Moines: Watts (L)

Kansas City

Player	Pos	AB	R	BH	2B	3B	HR	BB	HPB	K	SB	PO	A	E
Long	rf	4	3	1	1				1		2	5	0	0
Manning	cf	5	3	4		1				1	2	0	0	0
Bradley	lf	5	0	0							1	2	0	0
Johnson	3b	5	1	2		2				2	0	1	0	0
Lange	ss	5	0	1							0	0	2	0
Cartwright	1b	5	1	0						1	0	11	0	0
Ardner	2b	5	0	0						1	0	3	3	3
Gunson	c	4	1	0							0	5	3	2
Nichols	p	3	0	0				1			0	0	10	0
	Totals	41	9	8							5	27	18	5

Des Moines

Player	Pos	AB	R	BH	2B	3B	HR	BB	HPB	K	SB	PO	A	E
Shafer	rf	3	2	1	1			1			0	3	0	1
Kennedy	cf & 1b	4	1	1							0	3	0	0
Stearns	1b & cf	4	1	1		1					0	15	1	2
Macullar	2b	3	1	1				1			0	0	2	1
Allison	ss	4	0	0						1	0	1	4	1
Morton	3b	4	0	0							0	0	2	1
Van Dyke	lf	4	0	1	1					1	1	2	0	0
Watts	p	4	0	0						3	0	0	9	1
Hupp	c	3	0	0						2	0	3	2	2
	Totals	33	5	5							1	27	20	9
Kennedy and Stearns switched positions at some point after the sixth inning

Pitchers

Player	Team	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HPB	WP
Nichols (W)	Kansas City	9	5	5	2	0	0	0	1
Watts (L)	Des Moines	9	8	9	3	0	0	0	1

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