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The Whites lost in extra innings after giving up three separate leads of 2-0, 4-2 and 5-4. Fred Nyce made his first start of the season, and the Globe Democrat reported that "he has had a sore arm all season... and his poor work is excusable". The game was sloppy, attributed to muddy grounds. The Whites made 9 errors in the game; Minneapolis returned the favor with 6 of their own. Only 3 of the runs in the game were earned as a result. The Whites scored their runs on only four hits. The winning run was scored with one out in the bottom of the tenth, a walk-off win for Minneapolis. Thus far in the season, the Whites had used only two pitchers in the first six games - Staley and Sproat. There were rumors early in the season that Devlin of the Browns would be transferred to the Whites, but that didn't happen. The three pitchers on the roster were Sproat, Staley and Nyce, Pete Somers having been released on May 4 (assuming he was in fact on the Whites roster and not the Browns roster to begin with). This game marked the first start by Nyce. The intent seems to have been to go with a three-man rotation, which was not uncommon at that time. This game also marks the first game for Tug Arundel, who joined the Whites late in April after getting his release from Indianapolis. Arundel was initially assigned to catch Nyce, while Dolan was teamed up with Staley, and Cantz was catching Sproat. At that time, it was common to have fixed batteries, giving both the pitcher and catcher rest on the same days.
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