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PT. JERSEY PROVES THAT ONE RUN CAN BE ENOUGH
NEW JERSEY’S TWO BIGGEST TEAMS PLAY OUT A 1-0 STANDOFF IN NEWARK

NEWARK, N.J. (June 18, 1875) - Port Jersey visited Newark on Friday for a rare contest in which both teams were over .500. The result was also rare, with the game ending in a 1-0 final score:

With two out in the Top of the 1st LF Joe Thatcher singled in Roy Vreeken to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, and what transpired after that was a top-tier pitching & defensive battle in which Pt. Jersey’s lone run stood as good enough to give them the victory at Newark’s Ironbound Park.

A 1-0 final occurs about once every season in the N.B.B.O., and this afternoon's game will likely stand as this year's only 1-0 score.

Both pitchers had their best stuff on the afternoon:

• PJ P George Burroughs: CG SHUTOUT, 8 HA, 0 BB, 2 K
• NEW P John Ratican: CG, 5 HA, 1 RA, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

The Shutout was another achievement mark on a fantastic 1875 to date for Burroughs. He’s currently 12-3 with a 1.79 ERA and 20 Strikeouts, all three figures leading the Northeastern League. Burroughs has 2.6 Pitching WAR and 5.7 rWAR, which also leads the N.E.L.

The afternoon’s work added to what has also been an excellent to start to 1875 for Ratican, a 23-year-old who was once the N.B.B.O.’s #2 overall Reserve Team prospect. He is now 8-5 with a 1.99 ERA and 1.4 WAR (3.5 rWAR) through 117.2 innings of pitching in his first full season as a regular pitcher for Newark, with it looking increasingly likely that the team has a budding Pitcher of the Year contender in their midst.

The result left Pt. Jersey 19-9 and one game behind Quaker St. for the Coastal Championship lead. Newark is 16-12, sitting in 3rd place at four games behind the leaders.