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MALONEY BLASTS FIVE HITS ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS
MASS BAY OUTFIELDER 10/10 OVER THURS. & FRI.; BELTS HOMER & DRIVES IN SIX ON FRIDAY

BOSTON (July 11-12, 1867) – The 1867 season has not at all gone as expected for Massachusetts Bay BC, as the perennial Coastal Championship contenders (6x top-three finisher) find themselves in last place with the second-worst record in the Northeastern League in the middle of Week Eleven.

However, the past couple of days have provided the team with one very notable bright spot, and that bright spot has been the batsmanship of start outfielder Thomas Maloney.

During Thursday’s 13-2 home win Maloney ran the table against Quaker State pitching:

• B1: Single to LF off L. Zimmerman (SB)
• B4: Double to RCF off L. Zimmerman (Run)
• B5: Leadoff Double past 1B off L. Zimmerman (Run)
• B6: 1-run Double past 2B off L. Zimmerman
• B8: Single past SS off P. Charles (Run)
• TOTAL: 5/5, 3 2B, 3 R, RBI, SB, 8 TB

The next day Mass. Bay beat Quaker St. 13-8, and Mr. Maloney was even better:

• B1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Inside Park) to CF off J. Jenkins
• B2: 2-Run Single past 2B off J. Jenkins (Run)
• B3: 1-Run Single past SS off P. Charles
• B5: Single past SS off P. Charles
• B7: 1-Run Single to LF off P. Charles
• TOTAL: 5/5, HR, 2 R, 6 RBI, 8 TB, 101 GMSC

The result of Thomas Maloney’s two-day batting binge was that he had become the first player in NBBO history to belt five base hits in consecutive games. In the process, the six-time All-Star raised his average from .332 to .361 and his OPS from .851 to .926. The .332 average Maloney started Week Eleven with was the second-worst of his career, but his work over Thursday & Friday has likely guaranteed the 1865 NEL Batsman of the Year his seven All-Star Game selection.

Massachusetts Bay faces an uphill battle just to finish the season in their usual place in the top half of the Coastal Championship standings, but at least for the past two days the team, and one player in particular, has performed the way they have always hoped to.