October 6th, 1871 - Jersey City Hudsons (12-15) @ Albany Dukes (14-13)
Jersey City
R Fred Humphries, LF (.268)
R Red Creegan, 3B (.313)
S Thomas Kling, 2B (.400)
L Varney Lalor, RF (.419)
L Mark Flazenor, 1B (.111)
L Joe Millett, C (.264)
R Joseph Cuff, SS (.287)
L Joe Ryder, CF (.239)
R Henry Truax, P (3-9, 2.83)
Albany
R John Keenan, CF (.384)
R Henry Douglass, LF (.351)
S James Harris, 2B (.213)
R George McHale, SS (.341)
R John O'Brien, 3B (.346)
L Thomas Brady, RF (.248)
R Fred Powell, 1B (.260)
R John Griffin, C (.216)
R Maurice Dillon, P (6-10, 4.89)
Another battle that took us into extra innings, this game was sort of bittersweet. On one hand, we managed to win a close ball game for the final game of the season. On the other hand, Thomas Kling has a perfect .400 average going into his final at bat, and he flew out to bring his final season batting mark down to .397. I'm not sure if I'd take the loss just to see him finish with a .400 batting average. Some good performances, though. Fred Humprhies, Red Creegan, Thomas Kling, Varney Lalor and Joe Ryder all had multiple hits.
Jersey City 12, Albany 11
W - Pat Murphy (8-5, 3.26)
L - Arthur Irwin (5-2, 5.40)
Player of the Game
LF Fred Humphries, Jersey City
4-for-5, BB, 2R, SB
Around the MBA
New Haven 7, New York 30
Hartford 14, Troy 13
Brooklyn 4, Newark 6