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CRAVEN HANGS 5 HITS ON NASSAU CO. IN WIN
ATLANTIC RF BRINGS AVERAGE PAST .400 WITH FINE DAY IN DOUBLE-DIGIT VICTORY

BROOKLYN (June 13, 1869) – Nassau County had the lead after the early innings, but middle-inning mastery led Atlantic to an easy home victory at the Capitoline Grounds on Sunday afternoon:

The Player of the Game went Atlantic OF Martin Craven, in his fourth season in the NBBO but his first with Atlantic after three seasons in the NEL playing for Granite.

Craven’s performance:

• B1: Single past SS off J. Black
• B4: Leadoff Double to RCF off J. Black (R)
• B4: Reached via Error by 2B C. Peters (R)
• B5: Infield Single off C. Henry (R)
• B6: 2-run Single past SS off C. Henry (R)
• B8: 2-run Single to RF off L. Vogel
• TOTAL: 5/6, 2B, 4 R, 4 RBI, 6 TB, 92 GMSC

Craven’s leadoff double in the fourth inning was the beginning of the team’s nine-run rally, and he reached a second time in the fateful frame.

The 5-for-5 effort with the bat raised Craven’s average from .393 to .411, good for fourth place in the NYL. His OPS of .978 places him third in the league.

Atlantic currently sits atop the Brooklyn Championship with a 19-11 record, two games ahead of Continental & Excelsior, three games ahead of Eckford, and four games ahead of Kings County & Nassau County. Time will tell who takes the Brooklyn pennant, but this much is known: it will be a race to the finish.