Independents Next Match

Bay City 8, Mules 4
August 5, 2006
Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI

The World Tournament of Historic Base Ball began with the Bay City gentlemen winning the coin toss and electing to strike first. Their efforts went for naught in the first innings, and the Mules from the Canal Fulton, Ohio took full advantage scoring 2 aces of their own.

The Independents would strike back in the second innings by tallying 4 runs of their own behind the fine striking of the bottom half of the order, and some timely hitting of Shoeless Jeff Dinauer. The sacks were filled to the brim when Shoeless came to the line with 2 hands down. He took a mighty swing with his sapling and drove the apple deep into the arbors where the Mule fieldsmen scrambled to recover it. By the time the ball had found it's way back to the plate 3 tallies had scored and the Bay City gentlemen had a lead they would never again relenquish.

The Mules would tally 2 more runs in the match, but it would not be enough as the Bay Citys would score at run in each of the successive innings to win the match 8-4.