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LAVALLIERE & SWEET COMBINE FOR 11 HITS IN BIG WIN
15-3 WIN AT FLOUR CITY KEEPS UTICA AT TOP SPOT IN UPSTATE

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (June 12, 1861) – Utica B.B.C. battered Flour City by the score of 15-3 in Rochester on Wednesday afternoon, with the victory keeping Utica first in the Upstate New York Championship with a 19-12 record.

Two players combined to put up the bulk of Utica’s offensive output: #2 & 3 batters Peter Sweet & William LaValliere.

Sweet had five hits and five runs on the afternoon:

• TOP 1: Double to CF off H. Oliver (scored)
• TOP 2: 1-run Double to RCF off H. Oliver (scored)
• TOP 4: Leadoff Single between 3B & SS off H. Oliver (scored)
• TOP 5: 1-run Single between 1B & 2B off J. Jefferson (scored)
• TOP 6: Single past 2B off J. Jefferson (scored)
• TOP 8: Ground-ball Out to 2B
• TOTAL: 5/6, 2 2B, 5 R, 2 RBI, 7 TB

LaValliere followed him in the lineup with six hits:

• TOP 1: 1-run Single past 1B off H. Oliver (scored)
• TOP 2: 1-run Double to RCF off H. Oliver
• TOP 4: Single to RF off H. Oliver (scored)
• TOP 5: Single past SS off J. Jefferson
• TOP 6: Single past 2B off J. Jefferson
• TOP 8: 1-run Double to RF off J. Jefferson
• TOTAL: 6/6, 2 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI, 9 TB

Sweet is hitting .378 on the season with a dozen extra-base hits and 25 RBI, while LaValliere sits at .336 with another dozen extra-base hits and twenty RBI.