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GOTHAM TOP OF N.Y.C. AFTER 17 STRAIGHT WINS!
HISTORIC RUN HAS SEEN TEAM’S RECORD GO FROM 18-15 TO 35-15; FROM 3RD PLACE TO 1ST

NEW YORK CITY (July 9, 1866) – When St. John’s announced they had fully recovered from 1865 with a TWENTY-GAME winning streak not long into the new season, it was assumed that would stand as the best run of base ball any team would go for all season. The Gotham Base Ball Club has decided to say something about that with a seventeen-game winning streak of their own, one that has seen Gotham go from third place in New York City to three games clear at the top of the standings.

At the start of Gotham’s streak they were 18-15, three games behind the first-place due of Knickerbocker & Union of Morrisania in the New York City standings. Three and a half weeks later Gotham is 35-15, three games ahead of Union, five ahead of Knickerbocker, and looking like they are going to run away with the New York City pennant.

It did take some serious effort for the Gotham team’s streak to reach seventeen games, as four of their five wins in the most recent series against Harlem were by one or two runs, with Sunday’s 15-14 win occurring thanks to a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was singles by Martin Elson & Birk Jorgenson that allowed the streak to last another game. The previous day Gotham beat Harlem 9-8 thanks to three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Gotham’s results during their winning streak, which started two games before the season’s halfway point:

• June 16: KNI 6-7 GOT (7 runs in B8) – CF George Berg 1/4, 2B, 2 RBI, GW HIT
• June 17: KNI 4-5 GOT – 2B Leslie Arnett 2/5, 3B, 2 R, 3 SB
• June 20: MUT 1-7 GOT – RF Randolph Mills 3/4, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI
• June 21: MUT 12-16 GOT – LF Luc Billon 3/6, 2B, 3 R, 4 RBI
• June 22: MUT 6-11 GOT – SS Alexander Arnold 4/5, 3 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
• June 23: MUT 4-10 GOT – 1B Jackson Buss 3/4, 3 R, RBI, BB
• June 24: MUT 3-10 GOT – LF Luc Billon 2/5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
• June 27: GOT 10-7 HILL – P Daniel Flynn CG, 7 HA, 4 ER, 2 BB/0 K, 2/5, 2B, R, RBI
• June 28: GOT 7-6 HILL (2 runs in T9) – LF Luc Billon 3/4, 2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI
• June 29: GOT 11-4 HILL – LF Luc Billon 3/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
• June 30: GOT 12-9 HILL – CF George Berg 4/5, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
• July 1: GOT 5-2 HILL – P Daniel Flynn CG, 4 HA, 2 R/1 ER, 0 BB/0 K
• July 4: HAR 1-3 GOT – P Ralph Dodson CG, 6 HA, 1 R/0 ER, 0 BB/3 K
• July 5: HAR 5-7 GOT – 1B Jackson Buss 3/4, 2 R, RBI
• July 6: HAR 5-8 GOT – CF George Berg 2/4, 2B, R, 3 RBI
• July 7: HAR 8-9 GOT (3 runs in B8) – LF Luc Billon 2/5, 2B, R, 2 RBI, GW HIT
• July 8: HAR 14-15 GOT (4 runs in B9) – RF Randolph Mills 3/6, 2 R, 3 RBI, SB

Gotham has not been as dominant during their winning streak as St. John’s was during their twenty-game streak earlier this year. They have been outscoring opponents by 3.3 runs per game (9.0 R/G, 5.7 RA/G) over their past seventeen outing, while St. John’s outscored opponents by 4.6 runs per game (9.9 R/G, 5.3 RA/G) during their streak. Still, every win counts the same in the standings and Gotham has only needed late comebacks in four of the seventeen wins.

Apparently one historic winning run deserves another, and St. Johns’ month-long period of total domination in New England has been answered by Gotham running riot over the New York City competition.