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MINUTEMAN SLAMS SYRACUSE 22-4
ALBANY CLUB HAS FOUR BATSMEN FINISH WITH 3+ HITS

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (June 20th, 1860) – Defending Upstate New York champions Minuteman struggled over the first of the 1860 season, finishing 15-20 and sitting in sixth place in the eight-team Upstate Championship. With that in mind Minuteman wanted to reverse course to start the second half, and they did just that in clubbing 19-16 Syracuse by the score of 22-4 at Syracuse’s Salina Street Base Ball Grounds on Wednesday afternoon.

While the Minuteman batsmen put in a great shift of work to slap around two dozen hits, they were certainly aided in their endeavors by the Syracuse defense unit. Not only did the hosts commit a dozen errors, but every starter sans pitcher Charles Snodgrass committed at least one fielding mistake.

Minuteman had four players finish with three or more hits on the afternoon: Carl Keener (SS), John Mattingly (OF), Samuel Pezzi (OF), and Harold Zimmerman (2B). Mattingly & Pezzi were the star performers of the day, combining for nine hits, five runs, and half a dozen RBI.

Mattingly’s line for the game:

• TOP 1: Single past 2B off Charles Snodgrass (scored)
• TOP 2: Ground-ball Out to 2B
• TOP 4: 1-run Single to LF off C. Snodgrass
• TOP 5: Fly-ball Out to RF
• TOP 7: Single between 1B & 2B off C. McTear
• TOP 8: 1-run Single base 2B off C. McTear
• TOP 9: 1-run Single past 1B off J. Davis (scored)
• TOTAL: 5/7 (all singles), 2 R, 3 RBI

Pezzi’s day with the bat:

• TOP 1: 2-Run single between 3B & SS off C. Snodgrass
• TOP 3: Reached via Base on Balls by C. Snodgrass
• TOP 5: Single past SS off C. Snodgrass (scored)
• TOP 6: Fly-ball Out to CF
• TOP 8: Single past 2B off C. McTear (scored)
• TOP 9: 1-run Double to CF off J. Davis (scored)
• TOTAL: 4/5, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB

Minuteman remain sixth in the Upstate Championship at eight games out of first place, but given how ultra-competitive the subdivision has been during the N.B.B.O.’s existence it would not surprise if Minuteman climbed their way back up near the top of the standings before the season’s final week or two.