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BROCK GRAND SLAM LIFTS S.O.T.O. OVER THE TOP
6TH-INNING JOLT KEY MOMENT IN N.E. LEADERS’ WIN; 2ND GRAND SLAM IN N.B.B.O. THIS YEAR

BURLINGTON, VER. (July 2, 18653) – The Sons of the Ocean ended Week Nine of the 1865 National Base Ball Organization season holding on to their one-game lead in the New England Championship thanks to a five-run win at Green Mountain:

Green Mountain had the better of things with a 7-5 lead after five innings thanks to three runs in the 1st & the 4th. S.o.t.O. came to bat in the top of the 6th, and after an error by 3B Bill Crosby, an error by P Ben Bailey, and a base on balls by Bailey S.o.t.O, SS Albert Brock came to the plate and made Green Mountain pay dearly for their mistakes with a Grand Slam to left field. It was the second Grand Slam in the National Base Ball Organization this season.

Brock’s blast put S.o.t.O. up 9-7, and although that would prove to be enough runs their offense scored twice in the 8th inning and then two more times in the 9th to win 13-8. Aside from the Grand Slam, Brock drove in runs via sacrifice in the 2nd and single in the 9th, making for a total of half a dozen R.B.I. on the afternoon.

The win brought S.o.t.O’s record to 21-14 after nine weeks of play – an extremely important victory that kept them one game ahead of both Portland & St. John’s in the New England Championship standings. Quinnipiac is also lurking three games back, so if the team from New Bedford is to be the ones to finally knock off St. John’s it will be a fight to the very end.