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ST. JOHN’S GOES ON A RAMPAGE IN CAMBRIDGE
QUARTET OF ST. JOHN’S STARS SPECTACULAR AS TEAMS BEATS CANTABRIGIANS BY NINETEEN

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (July 4, 1869) – Today is the anniversary of Declaration of Independence, and apparently St. John’s decided to celebrate the day by turning the Cantabrigians into cannon fodder:

St. John’s put up 24 runs and 27 hits, and while they typically have a couple such games each season – they beat Portland 26-8 a couple of weeks ago – it should be noted that this was against a much-improved Cantabrigians team that entered the contest with a 24-20 record. That improvement simply did not matter, as the mighty men from Providence were ahead 23-1 at the end of the sixth inning.

The entire lineup was brilliant outside of an odd 0/7 from Anderson MacGyver, and first four batsmen in particular – the outfield “Hydra” of Jenson, Johnson, & Townsend along with 1B Tarmo Kuopio – were astounding.

The afternoon of the first four in summary:

• #1 William Johnson (CF) – 3/3 (all 1B), 7 R, 0 RBI, 3 BB, SB, 88 GMSC
• #2 Nelson Townsend (RF) – 5/5, 2B, 5 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SB, 6 TB, 106 GMSC
• #3 Tarmo Kuopio (1B) – 6/7, 2B, 3B, 4 R, 6 RBI, 9 TB, 114 GMSC
• #4 Konrad Jensen (LF) – 4/5 (all 1B), 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 SB
• 1-4 BATTERS TOTAL: 18/20 (.900), 2 2B, 1 3B, 16 R, 14 RBI, 5 BB, 3 SB, 22 TB

William Johnson’s seven runs made for a new NBBO record, and the performances from Townsend & Kuopio were the two best by any batsmen this season when judging by Game Score. Jensen’s 4/5 with five RBI was the “worst” of the four.

In the end, it was just another twenty-run outburst by the perennial rulers of New England.