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MACGYVER’S STREAK STOPPED ONE GAME SHORT OF RECORD
SECOND PLAYER TO COME UP ONE GAME SHORT OF MILLER’S 37-GAME HITTING STREAK

NEW HAVEN, CT (July 5th, 1860) – St. John’s B.C. were dominant at Quinnipiac today, winning 7-1 and taking their record to 34-13 for the season. The team had a couple of star performers – outfielders William Johnson & Richard Kenton had three hits each – but superstar Anderson MacGyver went 0/4, bringing his 36-game hitting streak to an end one short of the N.B.B.O. record.

Thanks to MacGyver’s oh-fer the record hitting streak still belongs to the name of Harold Miller, who began a streak for Utica during the N.B.B.O.’s inaugural season and ran it two weeks into the 1858 season before it was stopped at 37 games.

MacGyver is not the first person to be stopped one game short of Miller’s record. On June 5th of last year, American B.C. outfielder Arthur Waltrip had his own 36-game hitting streak snapped in a game against intra-city rival Quaker State. Interestingly, on the same day Kings County third baseman Jerald Peterson had a 35-game hitting streak come to an end after his lack of success against Continental.

Before one sheds any tears for MacGyver, his St. John’s team has the #1 record in the N.B.B.O. thanks to yesterday’s win and he remains the #2 hitter in the league with a .407 average. He leads the Northeastern League in RBI & WPA, and MacGyver is considered the favorite to win N.E.L. Batsman of the Year for the second year in a row.