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SHAMROCK CRUSHES BOSTON RIVALS MASS BAY!
SOUTH BOSTON CLUB SETS RECORDS FOR RUNS & HITS IN EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY

BOSTON, August 6 (1857) – It was quite an afternoon of work for South Boston’s Shamrock B.C. in the second game of their five-game set at cross-city rivals Massachusetts Bay. They started scoring immediately, and thanks to offensive explosions in the first, second, and eighth innings Shamrock set the N.B.B.O. record for runs in a game in crushing Mass. Bay by the score of 28 to 5.

Shamrock also collected thirty hits in the contest, an N.B.B.O. record of its own.

Leading the attack for Shamrock was Player of the Game, shortstop Will McQuaid. He went 4/7 with a double, three runs, and four RBI while also drawing a Base on Balls. Outfielder Angus O’Connor was 4/8 with a double, four runs, and four RBI of his own. Third baseman Ed Lang had four hits of his own, going 4/7 – all singles – four runs and an RBI. The hit leader on the day was clean-up man Thomas Maloney, who was 5/8 with a double, four runs, and a single RBI.

In taking the loss, Mass. Bay pitcher Howard Travis went just 1.2 innings, allowing a whopping twelve runs – six Earned – on ten hits to go with three Bases on Balls. Reliever Moses Leonard had an even more miserable afternoon, allowing nine runs – seven Earned – on seven hits without even recording an out! The performance single-handedly drove his ERA up from 4.04 to 4.85 on the season – a day he’ll want to wipe out of his memory forever.