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Staley started the final game of the road trip in fine form, working around a leadoff walk and a single in the first inning by striking out two of the next three hitters, and striking out the side in the second. It went down hill from there. A leadoff walk in the third, followed by a triple led to the first run for Omaha. Flynn, who tripled, was caught at home on a fielders choice to stop that rally. Another walk was followed by a home run by Cooney in the fifth. A double and a wild throw led to a run in the sixth, and another walk and an error contributed to a run in the seventh. Burns homered in the eighth for the final run by Omaha. In all, Staley struck out 12, but also walked 7 to go with 7 hits allowed, while Dolan made 4 errors. (I'm not sure if passed balls counted as errors or not.) The Whites only managed 3 hits (all doubles), and they lost 6-3 to finish the road trip at 1-5. Their record returning home stood at 6-9. At this point, Staley had started 8 of the 15 game so far. His record was 4-4. Sproat had the other two wins, as he was 2-1 in his three starts. Nyce had four starts and lost all of them. A note about the box scores for this game: All of the box scores published that I found listed Cantz leading off and playing right field, Crooks batting third at third base, and Nicholson batting seventh and playing second base. However, the article in the Omaha Republican states that Nicholson led off the first inning fot the Whites with a strikeout and later mentions that Staley scored on a double by Nicholson. Further, it indicates in the article that Arundel batted in front of Dolan (batting eighth), and mentions that 'Cooney was caught by Arundel at third'. The Omaha Daily Bee also notes that Staley advanced on a double by Nicholson. On the other hand, the Omaha Daily Herald, describing the same game, has Cantz leading off with the strikeout and driving in Staley with a double, and implies Nicholson was batting seventh in the text. And finally there is the Omaha World Herald, which is all over the place. It states that Cantz lead off with a strikeout, but also describes Staley advancing on Nicholson's double later in the game and then scoring on a wild throw off a grounder by Cantz. In the final act of confusing, it presents a sequence of events resulting in a run as a Nicholson double, Dolan going out to first, Staley striking out, and then "the St. Louis second baseman scored on Cantz's two bagger." All of the box scores credit Cantz with two doubles and Nicholson with one; there is agreement from all the game descriptions that the leadoff hitter had two doubles, and the seventh place hitter had one double. In the previous two games, the lineup was Nicholson leading off playing right field, with Crooks at second base and Arundel batting seventh playing third base. In every game to this point in the season, the first five hitters for the Whites were Nicholson, Beckley, Crooks, Burch and Herr, with Cantz batting no higher than seventh. In fact, Nicholson led off every other game for the Whites, and the top four hiters didn't change until Beckley was sold the day before the Whites final game. For these reasons, I think Nicholson lead off this game with Arundel batting seventh, as indicated in the game description of the Omaha Republican - a repeat of the lineup of the previous two days. While there were frequently discrepancies between box scores for the same game in different papers, this game represents by far the worst issues in reconciling these differences that I encountered.
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