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GREEN MTN. WINS 19-7 TO KEEP PACE W/ ST. JOHN’S
MASCHERINO BELTS FIVE HITS & DRIVES IN FIVE RUNS

NEW BEDFORD, MA (July 13th, 1860) – The Green Mountain Baseball Club currently has the toughest job in the N.B.B.O.: trying to keep up with St. John’s at the top of the New England Championship standings. G.M.’s league-best 24-6 home record has allowed them the chance to stay close to the kings of New England, but more wins like their Friday afternoon 19-7 victory at Sons of the Ocean, who entered with a 14-8 home record, and they might be able to usurp Providence’s finest.

G.M. blasted a Northeastern League record ten extra-base hits in the contest, and they did so in one of the more prominent Pitcher’s Parks in the N.E.L.: S.o.t.O.’s New Bedford Commons (AVG Factor: .964, HR Factor: .187, CF Distance: 503 ft.). Outfielder Alex Hedrick was 4/7 with a double during the contest, but the undisputed player of the game was superstar shortstop Anthony Mascherino:

• TOP 1: 1-run Single to RF off Arthur Edwards (scored)
• TOP 2: 1-run Double past 1B off Arthur Edwards
• TOP 4: Single to LF off Arthur Edwards (scored)
• TOP 5: 2-run Single to CF off Jesse McCoy (scored)
• TOP 6: Reached via Error by SS
• TOP 8: 1-run Triple to RCF off Jesse McCoy (scored)
• TOTAL: 5/6, 2B, 3B, 4 R, 5 RBI, 99 GAME SCORE

Mascherino, the shortstop in last season’s N.E.L. Team of the Year, looks like he will earn a repeat nomination to both the T.o.t.Y. and the All-Star Game, as he is once again batting well over .300 with expert baserunning while playing unimpeachable Golden Glove defense at his position.

As for the G.M. team, the win moved their record to 36-17 and kept them three games behind mighty St. John’s. Their schedule for the rest of July involves two more games in the series at S.o.t.O (31-22, 3rd in New England), a five-game series at Quinnipiac (28-25, 4th in New England), and a massive five-game home series against St. John’s (39-14) to close out the month. If G.M. can withstand the difficulty of the upcoming schedule and claw back a couple of games against St. John’s, their final series is at last-place Cantabrigians (18-35), and they will have a real chance to take the New England title.