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VICTORY MAKES BIZARRE HISTORY IN LOSS AT B’TON
TROY OUTFIT SETS RECORD FOR E’S IN SINGLE GAME; ALSO 1ST W/ MULTIPLE 5-HIT PLAYERS IN LOSS

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (May 28, 1873) – 5-5 Victory BBC was the favorite to take the win at the start of their series at 1-9 Binghamton in Upstate New York on Wednesday, but unfortunately for the visitors games aren’t played on paper:

What unfolded was one of the strangest games in NBBO history. Victory not only set a new NBBO record for Errors in a single game, but they became the first team ever with twenty fielding miscues in a single contest and cleared that mark by five.

The result was that victors Binghamton scored a team record 31 runs on just 21 hits, with the bulk of their scoring occurring in the middle innings, during which they outscored Victory 21-9.

Even odder: Victory’s baffling defensive display meant that they outhit Binghamton over the course a fourteen-run loss. On top of that, they became the first team ever with multiple five-hit performances in defeat:

• VIC #1 Charles Lamb (CF): 5/7 (all 1B), 3 R, 1 RBI, SB
• VIC #3 Henry Nabors (SS): 5/7 (all 1B), 1 R, 2 RBI

The wins don’t come any stranger than this, but given their 1-9 start over the first two weeks of play Binghamton will take a positive result any way they can get it.