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MOORE STARS IN WILD NEWARK V. MASS. BAY TILT
NEWARK OUTFIELDER GOES 5/6, SCORES GAME-WINNER AFTER TEAM BLOWS EIGHT-RUN LEAD

BOSTON (June 30, 1865) – The base ball is always exciting in the perennially cutthroat Coastal Championship, and Friday’s contest between Newark and Massachusetts Bay in Boston was no different:

For much of the afternoon it looked like an all-Newark affair, as the visitors took an 11-3 lead in the top of the 8th thanks to a run-scoring single by 3B Albert Lewter. What followed was a mighty Mass. Bay comeback. They scored twice in the bottom of the 8th on a double by substitute pitcher Jonathan Case, and then scored six times in the 9th via a combination of singles, doubles, errors, and passed balls to make it 11-11, with Raleigh Altstadt’s mad dash in from third base on a miscue by the Newark catcher evening up the score.

It figured that Mass. Bay had all the momentum going into the extra innings, but in the top of the 10th Newark OF Iestyn Moore singled, moved over to second base after 2B Pankratz Bauer was hit by a pitch, and then came around to score on a single by Lewter. Mass. Bay went down 1-2-3 in their half of the 10th, and Newark earned the victory.

Moore’s run in the 10th ended a fine day’s work:

• T1: 1-run Single to LF off W. Jones
• T3: 1-run Single past 2B off W. Jones (scored)
• T5: Ground Out to 2B off W. Jones
• T6: 1-run Single to CF off W. Jones (scored)
• T8: Single past 2B off J. Case (scored)
• T10: Single to CF off J. Case (scored)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (all singles), 4 R, 3 RBI, GAME-WINNING RUN

The result left both teams at 22-21, five games behind 1st-place Trenton United in the Coastal Championship.