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CREIGHTON CREATES MASTERPIECE AT ORANGE
EXCELSIOR LEGEND PITCHES SHUTOUT, BATS 3/4 IN WIN AT UPPER MANHATTAN GROUNDS

MANHATTAN (May 4, 1876) - Jim Creighton stated that he was left heartbroken by Excelsior’s 14-1 August run that came up just short of catching American for the Metropolitan Conference title last year, and based on the start of this season and especially Thursday’s game at Orange it looks like he’ll do everything he can to put Excelsior over the top:

It was Creighton who opened the scoring with a two-run Double in the top of the 3rd, and that was easily enough for the win as he was brilliant with both ball and bat:

• EXC P Jim Creighton PITCHING: CG SHUTOUT, 5 HA, 0 BB, 7 K
• EXC P Jim Creighton BATTING: 3/4, 2B, 1 R, 2 RBI

Creighton’s whopping Strikeout total at Orange meant that he has authored seven of the eight outings in A.P.B.L. history featuring 7+ Strikeouts by a pitcher, with James Goodman providing the other one. Creighton also has the single-game Strikeout record with eight, a feat he performed just a couple of weeks into the A.P.B.L.’s inaugural season.

Excelsior won all three of their games at Orange by multiple runs, with the results making the team 17-1 over its last eighteen games going back to last August. There could well be another epic pennant race in store for the Metropolitan.