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BUBBA MACK WINS PITCHER’S DUEL IN CAMBRIDGE
CANTABRIGIANS ALL-STAR COMES OUT ON TOP OF GAME FEATURING ONE RUN

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (July 28, 1877) - For the Cantabrigians to have any hopes of catching Portland for the New England pennant, they’re going to have win some difficult games over the final three weeks of play. On Saturday at St. Peter’s Field in Cambridge, they did just that against visiting Quinnipiac:

In the end, this game had the rarest scoreline of all the single-digit finals the N.B.B.O. sees: a 1-0 final that went the way of the home team.

The game featured outstanding pitching and arguably even better defense, with the teams totaling just nine Hits (QUI: 5, CAN: 4) and just three Errors (QUI: 2, CAN: 1, N.E.L. AVG: 6.9 E/G). The only Run of the contest occurred during the bottom of the sixth, when a Wild Pitch by Quinnipiac’s Tom Hauser allowed opposing P Bubba Mack to score. After that it was all zeroes on the scoreboard, and the Cantabrigians earned a tense & hard-fought victory.

Here was how the two pitchers of record, Hauser & Mack, fared in Cambridge:

• QUI P Tom Hauser: L (12-11, 2.81), 8.0 IP, 4 HA, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
• CAN P Bubba Mack: CG SHO W (21-7, 3.04), 5 HA, 0 BB, 4 K

There were more than 2,550 in attendance, and what the fans saw was perhaps the most tense game of the season for their side, but they were thrilled that the Cantabrigians came out on top.

The victory kept the Cantabrigians six games behind New England Leaders Portland with eleven left to play, and they are the only two teams with a chance to grab the New England pennant. Quinnipiac currently sits seventh in New England (23-36, 22 GB), but with good baseball over the final 2+ weeks they could finish fourth.