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On May 10, 1875, the Boston Red Stockings lost to the New York Mutuals 6-2, thanks to a fine pitching performance by Candy Cummings of the Mutuals. This wouldn't ordinarily be news, but for the fact that the Red Stockings had won a startling nine consecutive games to start the season. During their run, Boston outscored opponents 75-26, and thoroughly dominated most of their adversaries.
Thus far, the star for Boston has been right fielder Eddie Booth, who is hitting .425 and has knocked in 12 runs already. Here are the final scores of the nine-game run to start the season (home teams are asterisked):
4/19: Boston* 3, New Haven 2 (10 innings)
4/21: Boston 6, New Haven* 5
4/26: Boston 8, Washington* 5
4/29: Boston 8, Washington* 0
5/1: Boston 20, Washington* 1
5/3: Boston 10, New York* 7 (10 innings)
5/4: Boston* 6, Phil. Centennials 4
5/5: Boston* 9, Phil. Centennials 0
5/8: Boston* 5, New York 2
Since I don't have a picture for Eddie Booth, the new avatar will instead be center fielder Joe Simmons, who won the Boston starting job this year from Frank McCarton and has batted .386 with nine runs driven in.
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