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JOHNSON GOES FOR FIVE HITS & FIVE RUNS VS. GREEN MTN.
PERFORMANCE WAS PART OF 20-RUN OUTBURST BY ST. JOHN’S

BURLINGTON, VT. (May 10, 1863) – Star center fielder William Johnson had himself a spectacular afternoon against the Green Mountain club to end the first week of play in the New England Championship, tallying five hits and five runs as St. John’s went hammered rivals Green Mtn. by the score of 20-7.

Johnson’s afternoon:

• TOP 1: Single to RCF off B. Bailey (scored)
• TOP 2: Single to CF off B. Bailey (scored)
• TOP 3: 2-run Double to RF off B. Bailey (scored)
• TOP 5: Bound Out to RF off B. Bailey
• TOP 7: Infield Single off F. Mills (scored)
• TOP 8: Fly Out to 1B off F. Mills
• TOP 9: 1-run Double past 3B off F. Mills (scored)
• TOTAL: 5/7, 2 2B, 5 R, 3 RBI, 7 TB

Johnson wasn’t the only St. John’s batsman to wow the crowd in Burlington on Sunday, as Catcher Simpson Cron hit a pair of Inside-the-Park Home Runs en route to a 3/5 afternoon with three R.B.I. and three runs scored. First baseman Collin Henderson was 3/7 with three R.B.I, and left fielder Nelson Townsend was 3/5 with a pair of runs and one R.B.I.

The 20-run outburst was a much-needed end to the week for St. John’s, who had started the season 1-3 in their Week One series at Green Mountain.