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MASS. BAY RUNS UP THE SCORE AT NIAGARA
BOSTONIANS KEEP NIAGARA OFF THE SCOREBOARD WHILE WINNING BY NINETEEN IN BUFFALO

BUFFALO, N.Y. (May 14, 1875) - Massachusetts Bay and Niagara met for the first time this year, the contest held at the Greater New York Sporting Grounds in Buffalo. Only one team showed up to play, and that team was the visitors:

The opening two innings were even baseball, and after four Mass. Bay had a decent 4-0 lead. However, in the top of the 5th the visitors ripped Niagara apart, scoring eleven runs:

• MB 1B Albert Stoffers: Single to LF
• MB SS Jonathan Richards: Reached via Error by 3B
• MB C Lane Garvin: 1-Run Single to RCF (R: Stoffers)
• MB LF Franklin Skaggs: Ground Out to 1B (1 out; R by Richards)
• MB 2B Warren Perkins: 2-RUN HOME RUN (I-t-P) to LF (R’s by Garvin & Perkins)
• MB P Tom Hauser: Ground Out to SS (2 out)
• MB CF Charles Foster: Single past 2B
• Foster steals 2B
• MB RF Henry Gaul: Reached via Base on Balls
• MB 3B William Trowbridge: 2-run Double past 3B (R’s by Foster & Gaul)
• NIA Pitching Change: Marshall Yarber in for Everton McLean
• MB 1B Albert Stoffers: Reached via Error by 2B
• MB SS Jonathan Richards: 1-run Single past 2B (R by Trowbridge)
• 1-run Throwing Error by NIA CF (R by Stoffers)
• MB C Lane Garvin: 1-run Triple to RF (R by Richards)
• MB LF Franklin Skaggs: 1-run Single past SS (R by Garvin)
• MB 2B Warren Perkins: 1-run Triple to CF (R by Skaggs)
• MB P Tom Hauser: Ground Out to SS (3 out)
• TOTAL: 15 Batsmen, 11 R, 9 H (1 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR), 3 E, 1 BB, 1 SB

By the end of the rally it was 15-0 to Mass. Bay, and the contest was effectively over.

As excellent as the Mass. Bay offense was, their defense had a fine day as well. Tom Hauser pitched a Shutout (4 HA, 0 BB, 1 K), the fielders committed only three Errors, and they turned a pair of Double Plays against the hapless Niagara team.

The leadoff man in the fateful 5th inning, Albert Stoffers, was 2/4 on the day, which raised his average to .522 (24/46) through ten games with a 1.228 OPS, easily the best marks in the A.P.B.L. He has a dozen Runs Batted In.

Mass. Bay C Lane Garvin, who had been struggling, was 5/5 (3B, 3 R, 4 RBI) on the afternoon and in the process raised his early-season Batting Average from .211 to .302 (.674 OPS).

The result left both Massachusetts Bay & Niagara with identical 6-4 records.