September 29th, 1871 - Hartford Colonials (9-17) @ Jersey City Hudsons (11-15)
Hartford
R John Bagley, 2B (.207)
R Cornelius Bell, CF (.275)
R David Treadwell, RF (.375)
R David Mohler, 3B (.355)
L Steve Wolf, LF (.301)
R Kid Eakin, SS (.358)
R Frank Flynn, 1B (.327)
R Charles Williams, C (.250)
R Frank Donaghy, P (9-11, 3.66)
Jersey City
R Fred Humphries, LF (.275)
R Red Creegan, 3B (.327)
S Thomas Kling, 2B (.386)
R Jim Farr, 1B (.286)
L Varney Lalor, RF (.414)
L Joe Millett, C (.274)
R Joseph Cuff, SS (.281)
L Joe Ryder, CF (.281)
R Henry Truax, P (2-9, 2.84)
We managed to put a couple early runs on the board and hold our two-run lead until Hartford tied it up in the 5th inning. Joe Ryder gave us another chance at a win with this two-run triple in the 6th, and we picked up an insurance run in the 7th to give us a comfortable three run lead. We took the lead into the 9th inning and were two outs away from winning before a triple, two errors and a single tied the game up for Hartford. They tacked on another run in the 10th. At this point I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But we somehow got a rally going in the bottom of the 10th. Edgar Haney tied the game with a single. Thomas Kling hit the walk-off run scoring single to save us from losing to the worst team in the league! Kling went 4-5, raising his batting average to an even .400.
Hartford 6, Jersey City 7 (10)
W - Henry Truax (2-7, 3.62)
L - Andy Fulton (0-2, 7.40)
Player of the Game
CF Cornelius Bell, Hartford
4-for-6, 2B, 3B, 2 R, RBI
Around the MBA
Albany 23, New Haven 8
Troy 8, Newark 4
New York 19, Brooklyn 7
Troy 3B John O'Brien hit for the first cycle in MBA history!