Game of the Year?
October 4th, 1871
Bottom of the 9th; down by 1; bases loaded; two outs. That was the position the Red Stockings found themselves against the Mutuals. And who else to be up to bat but manager-player Harry Wright. On the first pitch, however, it was a ground out and Mutuals won 3-2 in one of the lowest scoring games of the year. Neither pitcher allowed a single earned run or extra-base hit.
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