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PAIR OF SHAMROCK STARS SHINE IN PHILADELPHIA
BURKE & MASCHERINO COMBINE FOR 9 HITS, 10 RUNS, & 11 RBI’S IN DEMOLITION OF AMERICAN

BOSTON (May 20, 1868) – It was a battle of two of the Coastal Championship’s large clubs in Boston on Wednesday afternoon, but visiting American did not stand a chance against a rampant Shamrock side that scored nearly twenty times:

American made a contest of it in the fifth inning when they were able to score five times to turn an 8-1 hole into an 8-6 deficit, but it did not take long for Shamrock to take those five runs back, and the home rout was on.

The 3-4-5 men in the Shamrock lineup were 12/17 in total, but unsurprisingly it was the team’s two best players – James Burke & Anthony Mascherino – who put in the marquee performances at the South End Grounds.

BURKE
• B1: Reached via Fielder’s Choice at 2B (SB, Run)
• B3: 1-run Single to LCF off T. Hauser (SB, Run)
• B4: 1-run Double to CF off T. Hauser (Run)
• B6: 1-run Single past 3B off T. Onstad (SB, Run)
• B7: 1-run Single to LCF off T. Onstad (Run)
• B8: 1-run Double past 1B off J. Steiner (Run)
• TOTAL: 5/6, 2 2B, 5 R, 5 RBI, 3 SB, 7 TB, 113 GMSC

MASCHERINO
• B1: 1-run Ground Out to 3B off T. Hauser
• B3: 2-run Triple to RF off T. Hauser (Run)
• B4: 1-run Single to LF off T. Hauser (Run)
• B6: 1-run Single to RF off T. Onstad (SB, Run)
• B7: Reached via Error by 2B P. Boyce (Run)
• B8: 1-run Double to LF off J. Steiner
• TOTAL: 4/6, 2B, 3B, 4 R, 6 RBI, SB, 7 TB, 95 GMSC

The Shamrock superstars combined for three doubles, a triple, nine runs, eleven RBI’s, four stolen bases, and fourteen total bases in their team’s 11-run home victory.

The result placed both teams’ records a 8-3, making American & Shamrock part of a three-way tie atop the Coastal Championship with Massachusetts Bay.