On Thursday evening at Rutherford L.L. Field, Rutherford Americans took on Lodi Nationals. Pete Healy matched pitches against Lodi's Ken DeScarfano. In the 3rd Lodi scored 1 run on a walk and 2 errors and there was the ball game, Lodi winning 1-0. Pete pitched well enough to win almost any ball game but this one.
| Rutherford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Lodi N. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | — | 1 | 1 | 0 |