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TRIO OF FIVE-HIT BATSMEN PART OF RECORD QUINNIPIAC DAY
QUINNIPIAC BECOMES 1ST TEAM EVER WITH 30+ HITS IN A GAME IN 13-RUN WIN

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (July 7, 1866) – On Saturday afternoon, Quinnipiac entered their contest against the worst team in the N.B.B.O. – Cantabrigians – and proceeded to do something no team had ever done in the history of the sport:

The men from New Haven became the first team in the history of organized base ball to record thirty base hits in a single game, amassing a final total of 31 that would be unbelievable if 1,400 had not been at St. Peter’s Field to see it happen.

That was not the only history Quinnipiac made, as they become only the second team ever to have three batsmen record five or more hits in the same game. The trio: leadoff man Graeme Peel, #2 batter Ernest Lewis, and #8 batter Ray Ackley.

PEEL

• T1: Fly Out to CF off H. Whiteside
• T2: 1-run Double to RF off H. Whiteside (stole 3B, scored)
• T3: 1-run Single to LF off H. Whiteside (scored)
• T5: Leadoff Single past SS off J. Corkum (stole 2B & 3B, scored)
• T6: 1-run Single to RCF off J. Corkum (stole 2B)
• T7: Hit by Pitch from J. Corkum
• T9: 1-run Double to CF off R. Hahn (scored)
• TOTAL: 5/6, 2 2B, 4 R, 4 RBI, 4 SB, HBP, 7 TB

LEWIS

• T1: Single b/w 1B & 2B off H. Whiteside (scored)
• T2: 1-run Single to LF off H. Whiteside
• T3: 1-run Single to LF off H. Whiteside
• T5: 1-run Single b/w SS & 3B off J. Corkum (scored)
• T6: Reached via Error by SS L. Craig
• T7: 2-run Single to RF off J. Corkum
• T9: Single to LCF off R. Hahn
• TOTAL: 6/7, (all singles), 2 R, 5 RBI, 6 TB

ACKLEY

• T2: Leadoff Single past 2B off H. Whiteside (scored)
• T3: 1-run Single b/w 1B & 2B off H. Whiteside (scored)
• T4: Single b/w SS & 3B off J. Corkum
• T6: Single b/w 1B & 2B off J. Corkum (scored)
• T7: Reached via Base on Balls by J. Corkum
• T9: 1-run Single to CF off R. Hahn (scored)
• TOTAL: 5/5 (all singles), 4 R, 2 RBI, BB, 5 TB

The opposition was utterly helpless on this day. Quinnipiac only had three extra-base hits – Peel’s two doubles and a third double from LF Jesse Johnson – making their 28 singles a single-game record. Cantabrigians committed nine errors while their pitchers walked a batter and hit two others, and adding those baserunners to the 31 hits meant Quinnipiac had no less than 43 men reach base on the afternoon, which was another N.B.B.O. record.

The irony of today’s performance was Quinnipiac did all of the above in support of Charles Darnell, a man who entered the game with a 16-6 record an Earned Run Average of 2.00. The offensive eruption to buttress of one 1866’s best pitchers was not needed, but there is little doubt he much appreciated the easy afternoon the rest of the lineup allowed him to have.

When it comes to Cantabrigians, there is little more that can be said. They allowed 31 hits because their fielders just do not have the range or ability that would be considered even minimally acceptable for the average N.B.B.O, aside from a position or two, and they remain on pace to finish the season with easily the worst defense in the history of the game of base ball.