On Friday, July 2, 1909, the Brooklyn Royal Giants traveled north to Massachusetts where they defeat the Pittsfield nine, but not without some controversy.
Brooklyn opens the scoring in the first inning. Afterwhich, Royal Giant starter Harry Buckner and J. Ferry starting for Pittsfield engage in a scoreless duel through the sixth.
The Giants scored twice more in the seventh, but Pittsfield answers back, and herein lies the controversy. Umpire James Cain is said to have incorrectly ruled that center fielder Mahoney's potential double was a foul ball leaving the home team one run shy of knotting the game at three.
Harry Buckner pitches a scoreless ninth. All told, Buckner yields two earned runs on five hits, two for extra bases each by A. Ferry, the first baseman, and no walks with one strikeout for the win. Brooklyn also plays a stellar game in the field, ten infield assists and no errors.
Giant first baseman Al Robinson leads Brooklyn with two hits, and catcher Phil Bradley doubles in four at-bats. Shortstop/manager Grant Johnson, second baseman Bill Monroe, and Buckner account for the rest of Brooklyn's hits.
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