September 15th, 1871 - Jersey City Hudsons (10-14) @ Brooklyn Eagles (17-7)
Jersey City
L Joe Ryder, CF (.235)
R Red Creegan, 3B (.323)
S Thomas Kling, 2B (.413)
R Jim Farr, 1B (.281)
L Varney Lalor, RF (.333)
R Oscar Turner, LF (.250)
L Joe Millett, C (.286)
R Joseph Cuff, SS (.286)
R Henry Truax, P (1-8, 2.86)
Brooklyn
R Ernie McGlone, RF (.369)
R John Forred, CF (.302)
R John Young, 3B (.362)
R Poindexter Sarvis, LF (.259)
S Bill Jacobs, C (.284)
R Jack Lynch, 2B (.276)
R Ed Lackey, SS (.265)
R Jesse Bowes, 1B (.256)
R Wiley McCaffery, P (10-3, 1.86)
Jim Farr weaseled his way back into the lineup for this one, which I’m happy with because Flazenor wasn’t exactly passing the “eye test.” Brooklyn put up a two-spot in the 3rd and 4th innings and we were in our familiar spot of being down several runs to zero with no end in sight. There was a different feeling on this team, though. We were making plays. The gloves were awake. But would the bats wake up?
We answered back with a run in the 5th and two more in the 6th. We managed to tie the game up in the 8th and headed into a critical 9th-inning showdown. Henry Truax led off the crucial inning (of course) and flew out to right field. Joe Ryder, who was 0-4 for the day, managed to drop one into left field for a single. Creegan followed up with a base hit. Thomas Kling hit a long fly ball, allowing Ryder to go from second to third.
Two outs, winning run 90 feet away. Here comes Jim Farr, back from his vacation on the bench. Farr, like Joe Ryder, was also sporting an 0-fer for the day. But he came through. A two-run triple. Varney Lalor followed up with a run-scoring error to give us a 7-4 lead. Brooklyn got their chance and were retired in order.
WE BEAT BROOKLYN!!!
Jersey City 7, Brooklyn 4
W - Henry Truax (1-6, 3.74)
L - Wiley McCaffery (10-4, 1.87)
Player of the Game
SP Henry Truax, Jersey City
9 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 2 ER, K
Around the MBA
Troy 8, New Haven 4
Hartford 10, Newark 12
New York 6, Albany 10