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MALONEY POUNDS OUT 5 HITS & 5 RBI IN MASS BAY WIN
7X ALL-STAR CLUBS THREE EXTRA-BASE HITS IN TEN-RUN VICTORY OVER NEWARK

BOSTON (July 27, 1867) – Massachusetts Bay is trying as hard as they can to avoid their first-ever last-place finish in the Coastal Championship – their worst finish is 6th – and they came closer to guaranteeing it with a big home win over Newark:

Visiting Newark was ahead 6-5 after the end of the 3rd but Mass Bay broke the game in the middle innings, outscoring Newark 10-2 to take a 15-8 lead into the late stages before gliding home with the victory.

As has happened many times this month, Mass Bay’s key player was 7x All-Star outfielder Thomas Maloney:

• B1: Single past 2B off C. Beck
• B2: 2-run Single to CF off C. Beck
• B4: Double to CF off C. Beck (Run)
• B5: Reached via Base on Balls by L. Ewing (Run)
• B6: 2-run Triple past 1B off L. Ewing
• B8: 1-run Triple to RCF off A. O’Grady (Run)
• TOTAL: 5/5, 2B, 2 3B, 3 R, 5 RBI, BB, 101 GMSC

Maloney’s performance raised his average over .360 for the first time all season, to .364. For the month of July Maloney is batting an absurd .471 with 30 runs, 24 RBI, and an OPS of roughly 1.200 in just 21 games.

The result left the team four games clear of last-place Trenton United with six remaining. Massachusetts Bay still has a chance to finish as high as 3rd in the Coastal Championship, and if Thomas Maloney continues to bat like he has over the past four weeks, for all of the team’s early struggles, then a top-three finish is possible.