VICTORY B.B.C. SETS RECORDS IN 18-0 WIN!
TROY, NY, July 2 (1857) – It was a day to remember for Victory B.B.C. and one very much to forget for Binghamton B.B.C. in the contest between the two at Rensselaer Park in Troy, New York on Thursday afternoon. The hosts started scoring with their first turn at bat and never let up, recording the most lopsided win in the young league’s history with an 18-0 thrashing of Binghamton.
Leading the attack for Victory in the…victory…was third baseman Joseph Paige, who set his own record with eight RBI while needing just three hits to do it. Paige drove in two with a single in the first inning, hit a three-run homer in the second, was credited with an RBI on a Fielder’s Choice in the 6th, and drove in runs number seven & eight with a double in the bottom of the eighth.
Everybody who played for Victory recorded a hit except for starting catcher Ulysses Gallagher and pinch hitter Benjamin van Deman, and everyone scored a run except for the same two players.
On the defensive side of things, not only did Troy have a rare errorless game but pitcher David Roberts threw an equally rare shutout. He allowed nine hits over the course of the contest and saw one hitter strike out while throwing 111 pitches. As if recording a shutout wasn’t enough, he was also 3/5 with the bat and scored three runs. Roberts is now 16-5 on the season with a league-leading 2.00 ERA.