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SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES MARK THE END OF JULY
MOREHOUSE HITS HR & SCORES SIX TIMES; MACGYVER W/ 6 H, 5 R, 4 S.B, 3 R.B.I.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. & BURLINGTON, VER. (July 30, 1864) – Tomorrow is the final day of July, and thanks to a pair of special performances on Saturday the month is going out with quite a bang.

At Hoboken & Oakland Park, Port Jersey (42-21) put on show in their 22-12 victory over Quaker State (21-42), scoring eleven runs over their final two times at bat to make no mistake that the victory was in their hands. They saw a trio of four-hit performances, but the most impressive of the bunch came from first baseman John Morehouse – in the lineup to give Boudewijn Mulder a day off:

MOREHOUSE:

• B1: Reached via Base on Balls by A. Grimble (stole 2B, scored)
• B2: 2-run Home Run to RCF off A. Grimble (inside the park)
• B4: 1-Run Single to RCF off A. Grimble (scored)
• B6: Leadoff Single to RCF off J. Jenkins (scored)
• B7: Reached via Error by 2B J. Forrest (scored)
• B8: Single to LCF off W. Shannon (stole 2B, scored)
• TOTAL: 4/6, HR, 6 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB, 7 TB

Morehouse’s afternoon made him the fifth player in the history of the N.B.B.O. to score six runs in a single game, and it helped give his Port Jersey team a three-game lead in the Coastal Championship with just seven to play.

At Thomas Chittenden field in Vermont, St. John’s (42-21) made light work of Green Mountain (36-27) to all but clinch another New England pennant. The kings of New England won the contest 12-3, but their nine-run victory came thanks to an amazing performance by second baseman Anderson MacGyver:

MACGYER:

• T1: Leadoff Infield Single between C & 1B off R. Hulcy (stole 2B, scored)
• T2: 1-run Single past SS off R. Hulcy (scored)
• T4: Single between SS & 3B off R. Hulcy (stole 2B & 3B, scored)
• T6: Double to CF off R. Hulcy (scored)
• T8: Leadoff Single past SS off A. Smith (stole 2B, scored)
• T9: 2-run Double past 1B off A. Smith
• TOTAL: 6/6, 2 2B, 5 R, 3 RBI, 4 SB, 8 TB

MacGyver’s haul of stolen bases tied 1864’s season high, which has now been done by ten players, eight of them in the Northeastern League. The all-time record for a single game is five in a nine-inning game (five players), and six in an extra-inning game, which was accomplished by Quaker State’s Nicholas Howard on July 16th, 1863. His work at Green Mountain has already been declared as the performance of the season by some in the Writers Pool.

With the All-Star Game coming on Monday and the regular season ending next weekend there is little time left for many of the players of the N.B.B.O. to make a big impression, and some are making sure that their performing voices are heard.