The Athletics visit Boston without their star pitcher Dick McBride‚ who misses the game because of illness. George Bechtel pitches and loses to Al Spalding at the Bostons‚ 17-14. Harry Wright‚ a .267 hitter‚ has 4 walks and 3 runs scored.
With the NA race for the whip-pennant getting closer‚ Boston defeats the league-leading White Stockings for their first win in the 3 matches played. With the Whites leading 3-0 after 4 innings‚ Boston scores 6 in the 5th inning‚ highlighted by a HR over the LF fence by Charley Gould‚ off George Zettlein‚ with Dave Birdsall‚ McVey‚ and Spalding on the bases. It is the first Grandslam in history and the only grand slam hit this year; George Zettlein‚ the pitcher who serves up the slam‚ also served up the league’s first homer‚ to Cleveland’s Ezra Sutton on May 8 (as noted by David Vincent). The final score today is 6-3.
At Boston‚ the Reds enter the 7th leading Cleveland‚ 8-2. Two innings later the game is called with the Reds winning‚ 31-10. Boston scores 12 in the 7th and 11 in the 8th.
The Forest City of Rockford club defeats the Mutuals‚ 14-4‚ in an exhibition game at the Union Grounds before just 300 spectators. Most of the public refuses to pay fifty cents unless the game is a meaningful “match” game.
The White Stockings journey to Philadelphia where they take the 2nd game out of the 3 played in their championship series. The final score‚ 6-3‚ marks the lowest score by the Athletics since they started playing professionally. Zettlein holds the Athletics to 4 hits.
The Brooklyn Eckfords replace the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in the NA after the Kekiongas lose most of their players to defection and expulsion. Fort Wayne’s unplayed games will be declared forfeits in the official standings. The Eckfords will officially join the National Association for the 1872 season.
At the Union Grounds in Brooklyn‚ the Chicago White Stockings clinch the season’s series with a 6-4 victory over the Mutuals behind the speedy pitching of George Zettlein. This game gives the lie to the current rumors about the leading teams throwing games for gate-money purposes as the Whites could have insured a 5th and deciding game of the series played on their own grounds by losing today’s game.
In Chicago‚ the amateur champions‚ the Star Club of Brooklyn‚ plays the amateur champions of the Northwest‚ the Aetnas of Chicago. The game is decided in the 9th‚ 4-3‚ when Star pitcher Candy Cummings drives in the winning run.
At the Union Grounds in Brooklyn‚ the Eckfords score 8 runs in the 9th with 2 out to edge the Troy Haymakers‚ 15-13. John McMullin‚ the Troy pitcher‚ helps with 10 wild pitches in the frame.
The Eckfords of Brooklyn journey to Troy and defeat the Haymakers 10-7. Ned Connors‚ the Troy 1B‚ makes 20 putouts in the 9-inning game.
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