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.

On September 5, 1871 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.

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