 Nicol arrived in Chicago on July 20 and was penciled in to start on consecutive days against Charles Radbourn and Cy Young . Though he performed poorly in both games , the Colts still managed to win . He was shelled in the third inning by the Cincinnati Reds and on the next day , he gave up seven runs to the Cleveland Spiders in only two innings . Because of these starts , he did not appear in another game until August 14 , when he was used in relief to face the Brooklyn Dodgers . His control issues flared up and he had trouble holding the Dodgers ' baserunners . He was released one week later , having walked 10 batters in the 11 innings he pitched for the Colts . He ended the season playing for Marinette of the Wisconsin State League . 
