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BARR LEADS THE WAY AS EMPIRE PLATES TWO DOZEN
HOME SIDE’S ATTACK WREAKS HAVOC OVER OPENING INNINGS IN CRUSHING VICTORY

BROOKLYN (May 9, 1866) – Every season, at some point during the first two weeks of play one of the N.B.B.O’s 48 teams uncorks an offensive outburst that puts them in the headlines as the first team to score 20+ runs in a game. The honor for 1866 goes to Empire B.B.C, who rained devastation on Kings County early to pick up their first win of the year:

Empire scored an eye-watering seventeen runs over their first two times to bat, but they received A LOT of help from visiting Kings County, who committed seven fielding errors in the 1st innings and three more in the 2nd. When Clemens Stadisch left the game in frustration after 1+ inning he had allowed eleven runs but just a single Earned Run. The main offender for Kings Co. was SS Leslie Bjork, who committed five errors on the day, while CF Declan Brice committed an unbelievable – for him – three and 2B Hanno Waldmann added two more. Three more Kings Co. players made miscues to bring the team’s total to a Baker’s Dozen for the game, adding embarrassment to both insult & injury.

Eight Empire batsmen, including pitcher William Jones, collected multiple hits. The leader of the pack was CF Callum Barr:

• B1: Leadoff Single to LCF off C. Stadisch (scored)
• B1: 1-run Single to RCF off C. Stadisch (scored)
• B2: 2-run Single to CF off M. Svensson (scored)
• B3: Fly Out to CF off M. Svensson
• B5: 1-run Triple to RF off E. Wise (scored)
• B7: Single to CF off E. Wise
• B8: Fly Out to 3B off E. Wise
• TOTAL: 5/7, 3B, 3 R, 4 RBI, 7 TB

The result added to Kings County’s miserable start. After beating Atlantic 4-1 at home on opening day Kings Co. has lost all five of their games since, and they have allowed 56 runs (11.2 R/G) over that span. It is very early, but it looks like the long-time Brooklyn powerhouse might be in for another difficult season of base ball.