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STRAUSBAUGH STARS AS PORT JERSEY GOES 6-0
VETERAN 2B HAS CAREER DAY AS P.J. SCORES 11 RUNS ON ROSS GILL IN MASSIVE AWAY WIN

PHILADELPHIA (May 20, 1874) - Port Jersey B.C. went to Philadelphia looking to win their opener at Quaker State to move to 6-0, but they surely didn’t anticipate how they would complete win #6:

Port Jersey knew they would be starting the series by going up against 2x NEL Pitcher of the Year Ross Gill, so Field Manager Eddie Anthony was under the presumption that if his team won it could come in a low-scoring contest. In fact, it was quite the opposite…

The Port Jersey batting attack hung fourteen hits and eleven runs (10 ER) on Gill before he had to exit after 2.2 innings, a career-worst performance by Quaker State’s star #1. After scoring five more runs off relief man John Moorehead the next inning, Port Jersey found themselves ahead SIXTEEN TO NOTHING by the end of the 4th. They scored twice more in the 6th to go up 18-0, and that meant they were easily able to absorb an extended late-inning rally by Quaker State and win with an eight-run margin of victory.

Four Port Jersey batsmen had 3+ Hits, and easily the leader of the quartet was 2B William Strausbaugh:

• T1: 1-run Single to RF off R. Gill
• T3: Leadoff Triple to RCF off R. Gill (R)
• T3: 1-run Triple to CF off R. Gill
• T4: 3-run Double to RCF off J. Moorehead
• T6: 1-run Infield Single off J. Moorehead
• T7: Reached via Error by SS J. Richards
• T8: Ground Out to 2B (end inning)
• TOTAL: 5/7, 2B, 3B, 1 R, 6 RBI

Strausbaugh’s bases-clearing Double in the top of the 4th was the highlight of his day, as well as the hit that put the cap on Port Jersey’s early sixteen-run eruption.

The win moved Port Jersey to a perfect 6-0, and they have scored an eye-watering 81 Runs over those opening six contests (13.5 R/G) while batting .336 as a team with an NBBO-leading .813 team OPS. That type of scoring won’t endure over the entire season, but it sure will be fun for Port Jersey to experience while it lasts.