King Shines, Shuts Out Boston, 2-0 Saturday, August 14th , 1880 In an impressive mound performance, Bancroft King of the Hartford Hawks checked the Boston Resolutes on a 2-hitter and held them scoreless.
"He was getting ahead of us and keeping the ball off the plate," said Boston manager . "King kept us confused the whole game."
The Hartford hurler rang up 3 strikeouts and issued 1 walk in his 2-0 shutout victory.
This season, King has 4 wins and 4 losses and a 1.54 ERA.