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BASE KNOCKS GALORE OVER 15 INNINGS IN NEW BEDFORD!
PORTLAND & S.O.T.O. COMBINE FOR 35 SINGLES, 47 TOTAL HITS IN 11-9 THRILLER

NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (June 10, 1863) – The 1,772 spectators in attendance at the New Bedford Commons in Wednesday afternoon received more than their money’s worth, both figuratively and literally, as Portland B.B.C. & Sons of the Ocean traded runs and scores of hits over fifteen innings in an 11-9 Portland victory:

There were numerous batsmen with multiple hits over the course of the contest – a dozen in all – which was perhaps to be expected given the length of the game. The two brightest stars at New Bedford Commons both came from the visiting Portland team, with 3-4 batsmen William Pfeffer (RF) & Henry Konrad (2B) combining to hit 11/13.

Pfeffer’s day in New Bedford:

• TOP 1: Single to LF off C. Mitchell (stole 2B, scored)
• TOP 3: Single to LF off C. Mitchell (to 2B via error, scored)
• TOP 4: Single past 2B off C. Mitchell
• TOP 6: Double to RF off C. Mitchell (scored)
• TOP 7: 1-run Single past 2B off C. Mitchell
• TOP 9: Double past 2B off R. Frohnapfel
• TOP 10: Substituted out for J. Knott as part of Double Switch
• TOTAL: 6/6, 2 2B, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB, 8 TB

Konrad’s afternoon following Pfeffer in the lineup:

• TOP 1: 1-run Double to LF off C. Mitchell (scored)
• TOP 3: 1-run Single past 2B off C. Mitchell (stole 2B, scored)
• TOP 4: Reached via error by SS
• TOP 6: Single to RF off C. Mitchell (stole 2B, scored)
• TOP 7: Single past SS off H. Roberts
• TOP 9: Ground Out to 1B off R. Frohnapfel
• TOP 12: Single to RCF off J. McCoy (stole 2B, out at HP on Squeeze Play)
• TOP 14: Sacrifice Bunt moved J. Knott to 2B
• TOTAL: 5/7 (all Singles), 3 R, 2 RBI, 3 SB, 1 DEF DP

Neither player would take part in the 15th-inning rally that saw Portland win the game, with singles by George McCoy & Franklin Reeve providing the two runs that put the visitors over the top.

In total, there were 35 singles and 47 hits by the two teams. Sons of the Ocean easily led in extra-base hits with eight – three doubles by Lars Kelson – but they had a slightly more difficult time turning baserunners into runs, and that spelled their doom as extra innings continued.

The result places both teams at 11-15, with both parts of a four-team group taking up spots five through eight in the New England standings. That is where neither wants to be, but there is more than half of the season left to play.