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JENSEN & KUOPIO STAR IN PORTLAND ROUT
ALL-STAR DUO COMBINES FOR 9 HITS & 11 RBI; KUOPIO ON RECORD-SETTING RBI PACE

PROVIDECE, R.I. (July 25, 1868) – St. John’s continued their ravishing run over the rest of New England on Saturday afternoon, scoring early and often as they beat visiting Portland by a Baker’s Dozen:

Six of St. Johns’ nine starters had multiple hits and seven scored at least one run, but there were two standout performers against Portland: OF Konrad Jensen and 1B Tarmo Kuopio, who were deadly against inept Portland pitching.

JENSEN

• B1: Ground Out to SS off H. Foutch
• B2: 2-run Double to LF off H. Foutch (R)
• B4: Reached via Base on Balls by H. Foutch (R)
• B5: Single past 3B off F. Trowsdale (R)
• B6: 1-run Single to LCF off F. Trowsdale (R)
• B8: SOLO HOME RUN to RF off O. Erickson (R)
• TOTAL: 4/5, 2B, HR, 5 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 8 TB, 101 GMSC

KUOPIO

• B1: 1-run Single past 2B off H. Foutch
• B2: 1-run Triple to RF off H. Foutch (R)
• B4: 1-run Single to RF off H. Foutch
• B5: 2-run Single past 2B off F. Trowsdale (R)
• B6: 2-run Single b/w 1B & 2B off O. Erickson
• B8: Ground Out to 3B off O. Erickson
• TOTAL: 5/6, 3B, 2 R, 7 RBI, 7 TB, 100 GMSC

JENSEN & KUOPIO

• TOTAL: 9/11, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 R, 12 RBI, 1 BB, 15 TB, 201 GMSC

This was not just the first time in NBBO history that two batsmen achieved a Game Score of 100 or better in the same game, but it was done by two men from the same team. Of course, it was St. John’s making that kind of history.

Jensen’s performance moved his average over .400 to .409 with an OPS of 1.080, which would both be career highs if they hold over the remaining weeks of the 1868 season. He also has 71 RBI, putting him on pace for a career high of 83.

Kuopio’s day with the bat raised the newcomer’s average to .386 with a .909 OPS, and his NBBO-leading 79 RBI have him on a pace for a total of 94, which would break Syracuse CF Carson Law’s record of 90 set in 1862.

St. John’s has the New England pennant all but wrapped up. At 42-17 they have a nine-game lead over second-place Sons of the Ocean (32-27) with a eleven left to play.