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FRONTIER WALLOPS COLUMBIA BY NEARLY TWO DOZEN
VISITORS RACK UP 23 RUNS & 26 HITS IN BUFFALO WHILE PELHAM PITCHES THREE-HIT SHUTOUT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (May 10, 1878) - Frontier & Columbia entered the third game of their Week One series in Upstate New York even, and on Friday visiting Frontier took the series lead in extraordinary fashion:

This was a Buffalo beatdown from the opening pitch. Frontier was ahead 12-0 after the end of the third, and after two scoreless innings they piled on eleven more runs over the final four frames to inflict a 23-0 Shutout on their woeful hosts.

There were a number of fine batting performances from the Frontier lineup:

• FRO 1B Willis Michaelson: 3/7 (2B), 2 R, 1 RBI
• FRO CF George Whaley: 4/7 (3B), 4 R, 5 RBI, SB
• FRO 2B Elmer Haas: 4/6 (all 1B), 2 R, 3 RBI
• FRO RF John White: 3/6 (all 1B), 1 R, 3 RBI

On top of the stellar batwork, the Frontier lineup turned three Double Plays while they were out in the field.

The Frontier Shutout was pitched by fifth-year #1 Edward Pelham:

• FRO P Edward Pelham: CG SHO (2-0, 1.80), 3 HA, 0 BB, 2 K

Incredibly, Pelham cranked out just as many base hits on his own as he allowed to Columbia over the entire game:

• FRO P Edward Pelham: 3/5 (all 1B), 1 R, 2 RBI

It was quite the afternoon for the men from Oswego.