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BOOTH GOES SIX FOR SIX IN OCEANIC LOSS
THIRD BASEMAN PUTS UP THIRD SIX-HIT GAME IN THE N.B.B.O. THIS YEAR

HARTFORD, CONN. (July 25, 1861) – The Oceanic Club was tasked with trying to tame St. John’s on Thursday. While the game ended rather unsurprisingly in a St. John’s win by the score of 11-9, the star of the game was Oceanic third baseman William Booth. Booth, who came into the game hitting .378, went six for six with the bat to raise his average to .392:

• BOT 1: Single to RCF off J. Raisbeck (scored)
• BOT 2: Single between 1B & 2B off J. Raisbeck
• BOT 4: Infield Single off J. Raisbeck
• BOT 6: 1-run Single to LF off J. Raisbeck
• BOT 8: Single to CF off J. Raisbeck
• BOT 9: Infield Single off J. Raisbeck (scored)
• TOTAL: 6/6 (all singles), 2 R, 1 RBI

Booth’s six for six was the third six-hit game in the N.B.B.O. this season, and the boost in average at gave him moved him up to fourth place in the N.E.L. Batting Championship race.

As for the teams involved, winning put St. John’s at 43-19 and five games clear of the Green Mountain & Sons of the Ocean combination, while Oceanic’s loss left them 30-32 – fifth place in the New England Championship.