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MALONEY BATTERS TRENTON IN BIG M.B. WIN
STAR OUTFIELDER TOTALS SIX HITS, FOUR RUNS, & FIVE RBI IN SEVENTEEN-RUN WIN

BOSTON (May 7, 1868) – Thomas Maloney had an outstanding finish to his first season as a member of Massachusetts Bay BC and Thursday’s game at Oceanside Park was evidence Maloney has carried that form into the 1868 season, with Maloney belting the ball over the field in a massive Mass. Bay victory:

Just last year, the NBBOEC changed the size of the Pitcher’s Area from a pair of twelve-foot parallel lines four feet apart All twelve men who took part in the game for Massachusetts Bay registered base hits, with Mass. Bay totaling 27 on the afternoon. The middle of the M.B. lineup did very well, but it was Maloney who was the brightest star:

• B1: Single to RCF off R. Dozier
• B3: 1-run Double to CF off R. Dozier (Run)
• B4: 2-run Single past 2B off R. Dozier
• B6: Single to CF off R. Dozier (Run)
• B7: 1-run Triple to LCF off N. Vlahos (Run)
• B8: 1-run Double to RCF off N. Vlahos (Run)
• TOTAL: 6/6, 2 2B, 3B, 4 R, 5 RBI, 10 TB, 111 GMSC

Maloney hit nearly .460 over July & August last year and he has opened the 1868 season by batting 11/11 over Massachusetts Bay’s first two games, a new mark for excellence to start a season.