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KIHLSTEDT SPINS 1-HITTER AGAINST NIAGARA
MASS. BAY #2 PITCHER A SINGLE FROM HISTORY IN DOMINANT SHUTOUT WIN

BOSTON (June 28, 1876) - Massachusetts Bay entered the second game of their home series against Niagara looking to go even with their opposition for 2nd place in the Colonial Conference. Mission accomplished:

Four scores in the bottom of the 2nd was enough for Mass. Bay, although they piled on runs late, as #2 P Washington Kihlstedt held Niagara to just a single base hit in a memorable Shutout victory:

• TOTAL: CG SHUTOUT, 1 HA, 1 BB, 6 K, 90 GMSC

If it weren’t for a Single by Niagara C Irving Polk with two out in the top of the 2nd then Kihlstedt would have completed No-Hitter #2 in A.P.B.L. history, with the only one famously completed by Elmer Seabold in last year’s Founders’ Cup.

Several of Kihlstedt teammates decided to join in on the fun:

• MB #1 Charles Foster (CF): 3/6 (all 1B), 1 R, 2 RBI, SB
• MB #3 Gerhardt Berg (1B): 4/6 (all 1B), 2 R, 0 RBI
• MB #4 Harold Durand (LF): 3/5 (3B, 5 TB), 2 R, 2 RBI
• MB #6 Lane Garvin (C): 4/5 (HR, 7 TB), 2 R, 3 RBI

Of the quartet it’s Greenhorn Durand, formerly of Olympic in the N.B.B.O., that’s having the best season, currently batting .344 (.785 OPS) with 13 Extra-Base Hits and 28 Runs Batted In through 48 games of his debut A.P.B.L. season. So far, the expert batting Durand showed starting as a 21-year-old in the N.B.B.O. has translated nicely to his new league.

Mass. Bay & Niagara are 26-24 and tied for 2nd in the Colonial Conference. Both teams are six games behind St. John’s.