 In the 1887 World Series ( which Detroit won , 10 games to 5 ) , Getzein pitched six complete games and compiled a 4 – 2 record with a 2 @.@ 48 ERA . On October 17 , 1887 , Getzein pitched a no @-@ hitter through the first eight innings in Game 10 of the World Series played before 10 @,@ 000 spectators at the Polo Grounds in New York . The Detroit Free Press wrote : " Getzien made a remarkable showing . Up to and including the eighth inning only twenty @-@ seven men went to the bat and not a clean hit had been scored . Not till the ninth did the world beaters succeed in getting a hit , and then they failed to score the much desired run . " 
