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PT. JERSEY #2 SPEARS BATS 5/5 IN COMPLETE GAME WIN
PITCHER DOES IT ALL AS P.J. DEFEATS VISITING TIGER S.C. BY EIGHT

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (May 25, 1873) – Tiger S.C. & Port Jersey ended their Week Two series in Hoboken Oakland Park on Sunday afternoon, with the hosts getting the best of their visitors from Philadelphia:

Port Jersey’s 22 hits saw them finish with four players who had 3+ base hits, but there was one bright, shining star on the afternoon, and that was Pt. Jersey #2 pitcher William Spears:

• B2: 1-run Single past 2B off S. Cutitta (R)
• B3: 2-run Single to RF off S. Cutitta
• B5: Single past SS off S. Cutitta
• B6: 1-run Single to LF off S. Cutitta (R)
• B8: 1-run Single past 2B off R. Pace (R)
• TOTAL (batting): 5/5 (all 1B) 3 R, 4 RBI
• TOTAL (pitching): CG, 9 HA, 7 RA, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Apparently, Spears must have taken a look at Port Jersey’s 3-6 start to the season and decided that he was going to have to do everything himself to ensure a win on Sunday afternoon. The Complete Game victory wasn’t all that surprising – Spears was 11-15 (3.53 ERA) last season – but a 5/5 batting performance from a pitcher with a .253 career average certainly is.

The win moved Port Jersey up to 4-6 and 6th place in Coastal, with Tiger falling to 6-4 and part of a three-way tie for 3rd. Stop us if you’re heard this before, but everybody is looking up at Quaker State, who is currently 8-2.