Early baseball in California/Game 10

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Location	California
Year	1860
Month	2
Note on date	No later than the 22nd
City	San Francisco
State	CA
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	SFBBC
Team 2	Red Rovers
Team 1 Score	33
Team 2 Score	33
Length	9 innings
Found by	Angus Macrfarlane

The Red Rovers refused to play extra innings because they thought the SFBBC pitcher was pitching illegally.

Sources

California Spirit of the Times, February 22, 1860.