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KINGS COUNTY CRUSHES BEDFORD 27-4
FRANCIS STRIKES SIX HITS; BAKKEN DRIVES IN SIX; THOMSEN CROSSES PLATE SIX TIMES

BROOKLYN, July 8 (1859) – Kings County, currently first place in the Brooklyn Championship, played at 15-33 Bedford with an eye toward fattening up their record and the numbers of their league-best offense. That they did – and how!!!

The 27 runs were a K.C. record, as were the 27 hits over a regulation, nine-inning game. One player set an N.B.B.O. record, as outfielder Soren Thomsen became the first player ever to score six runs over the course of a single contest. They also became the first team ever to score twelve two-out runs over the course of a game.

Bedford did not help themselves at all today. Their fielders committed a dozen errors, led by Bertie Smythe’s incredibly uncharacteristic five miscues in center field – he entered the day with 34 errors in 47 games. Starting pitcher Art Maxwell allowed ten hits and nine runs (7 ER) over three innings, and relief man Joe Dixon proceeded to allow eleven hits and thirteen runs (2 ER) over 2.2 innings.

Aside from Soren Thomsen scoring six runs, K.C. had two other “sixes” on the day, as Per-Olaf Bakken had six RBI on 3/6 batting with a triple and clean-up man John Francis had six hits.

Francis’ afternoon with the bat summarized:

• TOP 1: 1-Run Single past 2B off A. Maxwell
• TOP 2: Fly Out to RF
• TOP 4: Leadoff Single to RCF off A. Maxwell
• TOP 4: 2-Run Single past SS off J. Dixon
• TOP 6: Single to RF off J. Dixon
• TOP 6: Single to LCF off R. Lee
• TOP 8: Double to RF off R. Lee
• TOTAL: 6/7, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI, 7 TB

Bakken’s afternoon at the plate:

• TOP 1: Fly Out to RF
• TOP 2: Base on Balls from A. Maxwell
• TOP 3: 2-Run Single to RCF off A. Maxwell
• TOP 4: 2-Run Triple to CF off J. Dixon
• TOP 5: Ground Out to 2B
• TOP 6: 2-Run Single past 2B off J. Dixon
• TOP 7: Ground Out to P
• TOTAL: 3/6, 3B, 3 R, 6 RBI, BB, 5 TB

Thomsen’s afternoon in summary:

• TOP 1: Double past 3B off A. Maxwell (scored)
• TOP 2: 2-Run Triple to RCF off A. Maxwell (scored)
• TOP 3: Reached on Error by 1B (scored)
• TOP 4: Hit by Pitch from J. Dixon (scored)
• TOP 6: Leadoff Single to CF off J. Dixon (scored)
• TOP 6: 2-Run Single to CF off R. Lee
• TOP 8: Base on Balls from R. Lee (scored)
• TOTAL: 4/5, 2B, 3B, *6 R*, 4 RBI, BB, HBP, 7 TB

It was an amazing afternoon at the ballpark for Kings County – one they’ll be talking about for quite some time.