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WILKERSON HAS BANNER DAY VS PORT JERSEY
NEWARK RF TALLIES FIVE HITS & SIX RUNS AGAINST NEW JERSEY RIVALS

NEWARK, N.J. (July 21, 1871) – Newark BC played in-state rivals Port Jersey on Friday, and the hosts guaranteed a series victory with a smashing offensive performance at Ironbound Park:

After a pair of one-run wins to open the five-game set, Newark pounded Port Jersey, scoring thirteen times over the first four innings before adding an eight-run rally in the 6th and then crossing the plate twice more in the 8th for good measure.

Four Newark players had 3+ hits, with Player of the Game honors going to RF James Wilkerson:

• B1: Leadoff Double to RCF off W. Spears (R)
• B2: Leadoff Double to CF off W. Spears (R)
• B3: 2-run Double to RCF off W. Spears (R)
• B4: 1-run Single to CF off G. Graves (R)
• B6: Leadoff Single past 2B off G. Graves (R)
• B6: Reached via Error by H. Nyman (R)
• B8: Substituted out for J. Carlson
• TOTAL: 5/6, 3 2B, 6 R, 3 RBI, 8 TB, 99 GMSC

It was Wilkerson’s third game of 5+ Hits in July, and his second in nine days. In this five-hitter Wilkerson completed an NEL first by hitting three Doubles over the first three innings of a game.

The victory brought 4th-place Newark back to .500, while Port Jersey continues to languish in 6th place in the Coastal Championship.