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Metropolitan Baseball League
Week Eleven: Saturday 3 June 1865
Week eleven's games saw the same match-ups on the same grounds as on opening day, as the teams now begin to play each other for the first time. Angel Islington's four game winning streak came to an end against league leaders City of London, as they fell behind 4-0 early on and could not recover, losing 4-1.
Marylebone kept close behind the City Club as they jumped out to an early lead over Clapham Common, going on to complete a 4-0 shutout win as a gap begins to open up between the top two in the standings and the rest.
The day's most dramatic game came at Kensington, where the Old Westminsters took a 2-0 lead in the seventh inning and held it until the ninth, as Victoria wasted many chances to score. With pitcher Caleb Dean close to a complete game shutout but two runners on base, Kensington first baseman Felix Kitt circled the bases for a home run to snatch a 3-2 victory. Westminsters have now lost seven games in succession.
Scores:
City of London Club 4-1 Angel Islington
Old Westminsters 2-3 Kensington Victoria
Clapham Common 0-4 Marylebone Regents
Standings:
City of London Club 8-3
Marylebone Regents 7-3
Clapham Common 6-5
Kensington Victoria 5-6
Angel Islington 4-7
Old Westminsters 2-8
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