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SCROVEGNI’S HIT STREAK ENDS AT 49 GAMES
GREENHORN’S STREAK OFFICIALLY 2ND-LONGEST IN NBBO HISTORY BY SEVEN GAMES

OSWEGO, N.Y. (Aug. 5, 1874) - Frontier B.B.C. 3B Remi Scrovegni, the greenhorn who has authored the second-longest Hitting Streak in baseball history, has seen his streak come to an end at 49 games.

Frontier enjoyed a comfortable 10-4 home win against Binghamton on Wednesday. With five runs in the bottom of the 3rd proving to be enough for the win the focus during the second half of the game was on whether Scrovegni could stretch his Hitting Streak to an even 50 games. Although Scrovegni reached on an Error in the bottom of the 1st a base hit proved elusive, with a flyball out to end the bottom of the 7th proving to be the last of his five appearances at the plate.

After the end of the game the 1,860 or so in attendance at Fort Ontario Park gave Scrovegni an ovation, and he was given a watch and a bottle of champagne by local retailers.

With Scrovegni’s Hitting Streak over, here is the up-to-date list of every 40-game Hitting Streak in NBBO history:

• #1: Peter Huff (Union) at 67 games during 1871 (ended 8/5)
• #2: Remi Scrovegni (Frontier) at 49 games during 1874 (ended 8/5)
• #3: William Gentilucci (Nassau Co.) at 42 games during 1870 (ended 7/20)
• #4: Cormack Alexander (K.C. & Q.S.) at 42 games during 1867-68 (ended 5/22/68)
• #5: Franklin Petty (Lake Erie) at 41 games during 1869 (ended 7/7)
• #6: William McQuaid (Flour City) at 41 games during 1862-63 (ended 6/28/63)
• #7: Henry Nabors (Victory) at 40 games during 1868-69 (ended 5/22/69)
• #8: Ned Morganti (Quaker St.) at 40 games during 1873-74 (ended 6/17/74)

With nine games left in the season, Scrovegni is batting .306 (.697 OPS) with one Home Run and 52 Runs Batted In during his first season of organized baseball.