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VICTORY PUTS COLUMBIA TO THE SWORD IN TROY
BAILEY & TEXIER COMBINE FOR ELEVEN HITS IN HOME SIDE’S 22-RUN WIN

TROY, N.Y. (June 2, 1875) - Victory B.B.C., part of the three-way tie atop Upstate N.Y. at 10-5 began the month of June at home against struggling Columbia, and they started the month off perfectly:

Victory opened the scoring during the bottom of the 1st and never stopped until the end of a three-run rally in the bottom of the 8th that gave them a 27-4 lead. Columbia then scored a consolation run in the 9th to give the game its final score.

Two Victory batsmen had 5+ Runs Batted In:

• VIC #5 Guy LeDoux (LF): 3/6 (2B, 3B, 6 TB), 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB
• VIC #8 Art Sauer (2B): 3/7 (2 3B, 7 RBI), 3 R, 6 RBI

However, it was a different pair of batsmen who stole the show for Victory.

First up is Victory 3B Charles Bailey:

• B1: Single to LF off A. Jordan (R)
• B3: Leadoff Single to LCF off A. Jordan (R)
• B4: Single past SS off A. Jordan
• B5: Single to LCF off E. Desmond (R)
• B6: Single past 1B off M. Carlisle
• B7: 1-run Single past SS off M. Carlisle
• B8: Fly Out to CF (2 out)
• TOTAL: 6/7 (all 1B), 3 R, 1 RBI

Bailey may have collected half a dozen Hits, but he was beaten to Player of the Game honors by Victory 1B J.P. Texier:

• B1: 1-run Single to LF off A. Jordan (SB, R)
• B2: Single to LF off A. Jordan (SB, R)
• B3: 2-run Double to RCF off A. Jordan (R)
• B4: Ground Out to 2B (3 out)
• B5: 1-run Single past 2B off E. Desmond (R)
• B6: Ground Out to 2B (3 out)
• B8: Leadoff Single past SS off M. Carlisle (R)
• TOTAL: 5/7 (2B, 6 TB), 5 R, 4 RBI, 2 SB

In addition to the four great performances that Victory received from their batsmen, superstar SS Henry Nabors’ only hit of the day was a two-run Home Run in the bottom of the 3rd that put the team up 10-1.

Victory’s….victory…left them 11-5 and tied with Utica for top spot in Upstate New York. Columbia, who has fallen from 4th to last over their first four seasons in the N.B.B.O., is 4-12 but mercifully unlikely to finish last again thanks to the presence of 0-16 Eagle B.B.C. in the region.