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NASSAU CO.’s 17-GAME WIN STREAK ENDS

BROOKLYN, July 28 (1858) – In the bottom of the ninth of this afternoon’s Brooklyn Championship tilt between Nassau County B.B.C. and Kings County B.B.C., Kings Co. outfielder John Kelly hit an RBI single to win the game 10-9 after Nassau Co. had scored four runs in the top half of the inning to even the score.

The result put an end to the longest winning streak in the National Base Ball Organization’s short history, which had stood at seventeen consecutive wins by Nassau Co. until Wednesday’s walk-off loss. After a pair of losses to start the month of July, here is what Nassau Co. has done since:

• Sat. July 3rd: 9-4 win @ Atlantic – PotG: SS J. Couch (3/5, 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB)
• Sun. July 4th: 12-7 win @ Atlantic – PotG: OF J. Heilman (3/6, 2 2B, R, 4 RBI)
• Wed. July 7th: 5-4 win @ Continental – PotG: CON P J. Raisbeck (CG, 10 H, 5 R/2 ER, 5 K, 142 PIT)
• Thu. July 8th: 7-5 win @ Continental – PotG: C R. Watson (3/4, 2 2B, 1 R)
• Fri. July 9th: 6-2 win @ Continental – PotG: P F. Brown (CG, 4 H, 2 R/0 ER, 1 BB, 123 PIT)
• Sat. July 10th: 8-5 win @ Continental – PotG: 1B F. Holmes (2/4, 3 R, 1 BB)
• Sun. July 11th: 5-3 win @ Continental – PotG: P F. Brown (CG, 8 H, 3 R/ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 121 PIT)
• Wed. July 14th: 7-3 win vs Empire – PotG: 3B S. Wright (3/3, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI, BB)
• Thu. July 15th: 3-1 win vs Empire – PotG: P F. Brown (CG, 3 H, 1 R/0 ER, 1 K, 98 PIT)
• Fri. July 16th: 11-9 win vs Empire – PotG: OF J. Heilman (3/4, 2B, R, 3 RBI, BB)
• Sat. July 17th: 5-1 win vs Empire – PotG: CF W. Casilli (3/5, 2 RBI, SB)
• Sun. July 18th: 8-2 win vs Empire – PotG: P R. Rogers (CG, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 108 PIT)
• Wed. July 21st: 12-7 win @ Eckford – PotG: CF W. Casilli (5/6, 3 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI)
• Thu. July 22nd: 6-1 win @ Eckford – PotG: P R. Rogers (CG, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K, 106 PIT)
• Fri. July 23rd: 9-6 win @ Eckford – PotG: OF J. Murphy (5/5, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB)
• Sat. July 24th: 12-3 win @ Eckford – PotG: OF J. Murphy (3/4, 3 R, 3 RBI)
• Sun. July 25th: 12-7 win @ Eckford – PotG: OF J. Murphy (3/5, 2B, 3 R, BB)
• Wed. July 28th: 9-10 loss @ Kings Co. – PotG: 2B John Ames (3/3, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SB)

At the start of the historic streak Nassau Co. was 24-19, tied with Eckford of Greenpoint for second place in the Brooklyn Championship and four games behind Kings Co. Incredibly, Wednesday’s loss at Kings Co. left them one game back in second place because Kings Co. has been 14-4 themselves since the Nassau Co. streak started.

The race for the Brooklyn Championship is now down to two teams with nine games left – Atlantic ten games back in third – but it should be quite a race to the finish.