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PAIR OF SCHNEIDERS COME UP BIG VS METRO
ONE SCHNEIDER DRIVES IN A HANDFUL OF RUNS WHILE THE OTHER HAS A HANDFUL OF HITS

NEW YORK CITY (June 24, 1870) – Mutual BBC has had a miserable season to this point – 10-27 entering Friday – but for at least one day they looked brilliant in their multiple-run victory against visiting Metropolitan:

Roughly half of Mutual’s seventeen hits came from two players right in the middle of their batting order, and those two were #3-4 batsmen Uwe Schneider & Mathijs Schneider:

• Uwe Schneider (RF): 4/5, 2B, 4 R, 5 RBI, 5 TB
• Mathijs Schneider (3B): 5/5 (all 1B), 2 R, 4 RBI

It was a much-needed performance for the confidence of Uwe Schneider, who entered Friday’s contest with a .227 average & .514 OPS so far in 1870, well below his career marks of .323 & .746 respectively. For greenhorn Mathijs Schneider, the 5/5 day with the bat raised his average back above .300 to .306.

Wasted by Metropolitan’s loss was a 4/5 performance by star CF Francis Smith that included a triple, a pair of runs, and three RBI.

Mutual remains in last place in New York City after the win, while Metropolitan is in 4th.