Early baseball in New York (state)/Game 10

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1858
Month	7
Date	6
City	Alexander
State	NY
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Alexander
Team 2	Batavia
Team 1 Score	30
Team 2 Score	50
Found by	Larry McCray

This game appears on the Protoball Games Tabulation [WNY table} compiled by Craig Waff. It was reported by Porter's Spirit on July 24 1858. The first game used a 3-out-side-out rules and used 9 innings. The second game, won 27-23 by Batavia, seems to reflect a one-out-side-out playing rule. It is possible that by priour agreement one game followe Association rules and the other didn't.

Both Batavia and Alexander are 30-35 miles E of Buffalo, and the two towns are about 10 miles apart.