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BARCLAY CRACKS 6 HITS, 3 DOUBLES V SYRACUSE
NIAGARA 2B’S PERFORMANCE IN LOSING EFFORT WAS FIRST SIX-HIT GAME OF SEASON

BUFFALO, N.Y. (May 15, 1867) – Syracuse BBC won 15-13 at Niagara to improve their record to 5-6, but it was the hosts who had the Player of the Game thanks to the efforts of two-time All-Star 2B Hamish Barclay:

Syracuse was able to overcome an eight-run first inning by Niagara, in which their defense committed five errors and pitcher Carl Bancroft allowed just one Earned Run as a result, to win the contest. The tipping point was Syracuse’s seventh, in which four runs scored via error and two more scored on hits from Mario Fusilli & William Maier.

In a losing effort, Niagara 2B Hamish Barclay was the game’s best player, putting up the first six-game seen in the NBBO so far in the 1867 season:

• B1: Single to RF off C. Bancroft (scored)
• B1: 1-run Double to RCF off C. Bancroft
• B4: Leadoff Double to CF off C. Bancroft (stole 3B)
• B6: Double to LF off E. Morse (scored)
• B8: Single to RCF off C. Russell
• B9: 1-run Single b/w 1B & 2B off C. Russell
• TOTAL: 6/6, 3 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB, 9 TB, 76 GMSC

It has been a terrible start to the season for one of the two Upstate favorites, but maybe Barclay’s big day with the bat could be the spark that Niagara needs to bring their performance up to where it should be.