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FRONTIER WINS AT SYRACUSE THANKS TO TROXELL
LF TALLIES 5 HITS & 6 RBI AS TEAM BEATS 5X UPSTATE CHAMPIONS BY EIGHT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (June 18, 1875) - Frontier wanted a win at Syracuse on Friday to stay firmly in the top half of the Upstate New York standings, and two early rallies ensured that they did the needful:

This looked like a finished contest early once Frontier scored four times in T3 to take an 11-3 lead, but Syracuse scored five runs in the 4th to slash the deficit to three (11-8). Fronter responded with fine batting and quality defense over the second half of the game, outscoring Syracuse 6-1 over the final five innings to complete an impressive eight-run victory and send the 5x Upstate New York champions further below .500.

Three Frontier batsmen had three base hits – C Robert Harrelson, 3B William Rockford, & CF George Whaley – but they had one star that clearly outshone the others on Friday, and it was LF Leonard Troxell:

• T1: Reached via Error by SS F. Morrison (SB)
• T2: 2-run Single past 2B off J. Wesolowski (R)
• T3: 2-run Single past 2B off J. Wesolowski (R)
• T5: Single to CF off W. Smythe
• T7: 1-run Single to RCF off W. Smythe (R)
• T8: 1-run Single past 2B off W. Smythe (R)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (all 1B), 4 R, 6 RBI, SB, 106 GMSC

Troxell’s outstanding batting in high-leverage situations resulted in him finishing with a 106 Game Score, the third-highest by a player in any of the three competitions so far this year. An 1871 All-Star for National, Troxell is batting .339 (.850 OPS) with a dozen Extra-Base Hits and seventeen Runs Batted In so far in 1875.

The win put Frontier four games clear in the top half of the Upstate New York standings at 16-12, where they are four games behind leaders Utica. Syracuse, which hasn’t finished under .500 since 1865 when they were 32-38, is 11-17 and nine games behind Utica.