[tm1681]

FRONTIER’S FAIR DRIVES IN EIGHT AGAINST EAGLE
FRONTIER RF HAS CAREER DAY AT HOME AGAINST EAGLE ON SEASON’S SECOND DAY

OSWEGO, N.Y. (May 11, 1876) - Frontier B.B.C. is opening their season against perennial Upstate basement dwellers Eagle and through games they have taken advantage, with Thursday’s win and easy eight-run home victory:

Eagle did have the lead for brief periods – 1-0 after the top of the 1st and 3-2 after the top of the 3rd – but Frontier erased the lead both times. The home took the lead permanently during the bottom of the 3rd before adding two runs in the 4th to go ahead 7-3. The hosts then hit Eagle with a six-run rally in the bottom of the 6th to make it a 13-3 game, and the rout was on, with Frontier having a lead as large as 16-3 before Eagle scored some late runs.

Frontier saw first-year regular 2B Elmer Haas have a fine 4/4 afternoon, but his work paled in comparison to that of fifth-year RF William Fair:

• B1: Single past SS off J. Darby (R)
• B2: 1-run Single to CF off J. Darby
• B3: 2-run Single to RF off J. Darby
• B5: Ground Out to SS (2 out)
• B6: 3-run Double past 1B off J. Wilson (R)
• B7: 2-run Tiple to LCF off L. Porcatello
• TOTAL: 5/6 (2B, 3B, 8 TB), 2 R, 8 RBI, 106 GMSC

It was easily the best performance of Fair’s career. The 28-year-old has one other five-hit game on record, a 5/6 outing with three Runs Batted In against Binghamton in August of 1874. It was also Fair’s second career six-RBI game, with the other being a 4/6 day with six RBI against Eagle in July of 1874.