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THREE SYRACUSE BATSMEN NAB FIVE HITS EACH IN BUFFALO ROMP
ALEXANDER, CALIGURI, & CRAVEN EACH BAT 5/7 AS UPSTATE CHAMPS MAKE UP FOR OPENING LOSS

BUFFALO (May 15, 1873) – Syracuse lost their season-opening at Columbia in a walk-off, and the team decided to make up for it in spectacular fashion in Game #2:

The 3-2 scoreline at the end of the 1st was the closest this game ever was, as immediately after that the Syracuse attack went to work and hammered Columbia pitching, finishing the afternoon with 22 Runs & 26 Hits against the Buffalo men.

Every starting player for Syracuse reached base and scored, but three players in particular took on starring roles at Hamlin Park: 2B & defending NYL Batsman of the Year Chester Alexander, C Peter Caliguri, & RF Martin Craven:

• SYR #3 Martin Craven (RF): 5/7, 4 2B, 5 R, 3 RBI, 9 TB, 88 GMSC, PotG
• SYR #4 Chester Alexander (2B): 5/7 (all 1B), 5 R, 2 RBI, 81 GMSC
• SYR #6 Peter Caliguri (C): 5/7 (all 1B), 2 R, 5 RBI, 81 GMSC
• TOTAL: 15/21, 4 2B, 12 R, 10 RBI, 19 TB

The three batsmen showed why the 2x defending Upstate champions signed them over the winter, with Craven in particular putting on an amazing show with the lumber. His four Doubles set a team record, and also tied the NYL record for Doubles in a single game.

There was one man in the middle of the 5/7 threesome, who were #3, #4, & #6 in the Syracuse batting order: 1B John Bateman, who himself was 3/7 with a Double, Triple, two Runs, and five RBI on the afternoon.

It was quite an afternoon for Syracuse, and they’ll be hoping that it was the first of many to come in 1873.