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K.C. INJURY REPLACEMENT WHITLEY GETS 6 HITS!
BACKUP SECOND BASEMAN WAS MAKING HIS FOURTH START OF 1863

BROOKLYN (June 25, 1863) – Kings County B.B.C. (23-15) made light work of third-place Continental B.B.C. (20-18) in a Brooklyn Championship tilt at Wheat Hill on Thursday afternoon, beating Continental by the score of 15-3.

Kings County has employed one of the best batting attacks in the New York League so far in 1863, but the hero of the day at Continental was quite a surprise: Victor Whitley, who was starting his fourth game of the season at second base as an injury replacement for Fred Beckwith.

Whitley was seventh in the K.C. lineup and did not see the Batter’s Area until the second inning, but he made the most of his first trip to the plate and every one after that, finishing with six hits on the day:

• TOP 2: Single past 2B off H. Perry (scored)
• TOP 4: Single to LCF off H. Perry (stole 2B, scored)
• TOP 4: 1-run Single between 1B & 2B off H. Perry
• TOP 6: 2-run Single past SS off C. Holmes (scored)
• TOP 8: Infield Single off C. Holmes
• TOP 9: Infield Single off C. Holmes
• TOTAL: 6/6 (all Singles), 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 SB

Two other K.C. players had big days with the bat. Declan Brice (CF) was 3/6 with a double and scored four runs, and Soren Thomsen (RF) was 4/5 with three runs & R.B.I. each, like Whitley.

The lopsided victory left Kings County five games behind first-place Excelsior in the Brooklyn Championship.