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The Whites started their first road trip with a three game series in Kansas City. The Post-Dispatch described Staley as effective but wild in the game. He walked Manning as the lead-off hitter in the first, and that walk turned into a run with a stolen base, a fielders choice, and a long fly out. He walked Cartwright to start the second, and a passed ball and wild pitch later and he was on third. A dropped third strike led to a run down between third and home, the end result of which was a bad throw, another run scored, and the batter on third. Another passed ball and the Blues led 3-0: three runs and zero hits for Kansas City. Kansas City then got its first hit (a double by Bradley), which turned into a fourth run after a fielder's choice and another wild pitch, putting the Whites were down 4-0 after two innings with only one hit allowed. The Whites got one run back in the third when Dolan singled, advanced on a fielder's choice, and scored on a single by Nicholson. Beckkley's single put runners on first and third with only one out, but Beckley then was picked off, and Crooks flied out to end the inning. But Staley gave up two more runs in the fourth with two outs on consecutive hits by McCarty, Wells and Manning, leaving the Whites down by a score of 6-1. In the bottom of the seventh, the Whites managed to string together some hits with a walk and an error to score four runs to bring the score to 6-5, but that was all they managed. Kansas City scored once more in the eighth to make the final score 7-5. Staley walked three, hit one batter and threw two wild pitches, and Dolan had five passed balls in the loss. Both the Kansas City Times and the Kansas City Star provided detailed accounts of the game, which allows a fairly consistent recconstruction of the play-by-play of the game, provided below.
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Top of the first inning:
Manning walked and stole second.
Campau hit into a fielders choice, Manning to third.
Hassamaer hit a fly ball to Burch in left, scoring Campau.
Ardner grounded out to the pitcher Staley.
Kansas City 1, St. Louis 0
Bottom of the first inning:
Nicholson grounded out to Bradley at short.
Beckley grounded out to Bradley at short.
Crooks walked.
Burch flied out to Campau in left.
Kansas City 1, St. Louis 0
Top of the second inning:
Cartwright walked, advanced to second on a passed ball and third on a wild pitch.
Johnson struck out, but Dolan droped the third strike. Cartwright tried to score, but got caught in a rundown between third and home. Cartwright scored and Johnson reached third base as Dolan muffed a throw during the rundown.
Johnson scored on a wild pitch.
Bradley doubled on a fly ball Cantz misjudged.
McCarty sacrificed to the pitcher Staley, Bradley to third.
Bradley scored on a passed ball.
Kenyon muffed a fly ball by Wells in center. Wells got caught in a rundown between second and third, but reached third on error by Nicholson.
Manning fouled out to catcher Dolan.
Campau grounded out to Nicholson at second.
Kansas City 4, St. Louis 0
Bottom of the second inning:
Herr grounded out to Ardner at second.
Kenyon grounded out to the pitcher McCarthy.
Cantz grounded out to the pitcher McCarthy.
Kansas City 4, St. Louis 0
Top of the third inning:
Hassamaer flied out to Kenyon in center.
Ardner grounded out to Nicholson at second.
Cartwright struck out.
Kansas City 4, St. Louis 0
Bottom of the third inning:
Dolan singled.
Staley hit a grounder to Cartwright at first, Dolan to second.
Nicholson singled, scoring Dolan.
Beckley singled, advancing Nicholson to third.
Beckley picked off first.
Crooks flew out to Hassamaer in right.
Kansas City 4, St. Louis 1
Top of the fourth inning:
Johnson reached on an error by Herr.
Johnson caught stealing.
Bradley struck out.
McCarty singled.
Wells doubled, scoring McCarty.
Manning singled, scoring Wells.
Manning advanced to second on a passed ball.
Campau grounded out to pitcher Staley.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Bottom of the fourth inning:
Burch flew out to Bradley at short.
Herr singled to center, but was thrown out by Manning trying for second.
Kenyon singled to right, advancing to second on error by Hassamaer.
Cantz fouled out to Johnson at third.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Top of the fifth inning:
Hassamaer reached on an error by Nicholson at second.
Hassamaer caught stealing.
Ardner struck out.
Cartwright grounded out to pitcher Staley.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Bottom of the fifth inning:
Dolan struck out.
Staley reached on an error by Bradley at short.
Nicholson fouled out.
Beckley flied out to Manning in center.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Top of the sixth inning:
Johnson made an out.
Bradley made an out.
McCarty walked.
Wells struck out.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Bottom of the sixth inning:
Crooks made an out.
Burch made an out.
Herr singled.
Kenyon struck out.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Top of the seventh inning:
Manning grounded out to Crooks at third.
Campau struck out.
Hassamaer popped out to Herr at short.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 1
Bottom of the seventh inning:
Cantz walked.
Dolan singled, Cantz to second.
Staley singled, scoring Cantz, Dolan to third.
Nicholson hit one back to the pitcher McCarty, catching Dolan in a rundown between third and home, Staley advancing to third, Nicholson to second.
Beckley reached on an error by shortstop Bradley, Staley scoring, Nicholson to third.
Crooks singled, scoring Nicholson and Beckley.
Burch flied out to Campau in left.
Crooks caught stealing.
Kansas City 6, St. Louis 5
Top of the eighth inning:
Ardner made an out.
Cartwright singled.
Johnson sacrificed Cartwright to second.
Cartwright to third on passed ball.
Bradley singled, scoring Cartwright.
McCarthy made an out.
Kansas City 7, St. Louis 5
Bottom of the eighth inning:
Herr flied out to Hassamaer in right.
Kenyon grounded out to Ardner at second.
Cantz struck out.
Kansas City 7, St. Louis 5
Top of the ninth inning:
Wells flied out to Herr at short.
Manning popped out to Nicholson at second.
Campau was hit by a pitch, then caught stealing.
Kansas City 7, St. Louis 5
Bottom of the ninth inning:
Dolan grounded out to Bradley at short.
Staley struck out.
Nicholson walked and stole second.
Beckley struck out.
Final score Kansas City 7, St. Louis 5