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ATLANTIC HAS FIVE-HIT PAIR AT MARATHON
STONEMAN & VERRETT CLUB FIVE HITS EACH AS ATL WINS BIG TO KEEP LEAD AT 3.5 GAMES

BROOKLYN (July 30, 1876) - Atlantic entered the final game of their series at Marathon at the Williamsburg Grounds needing a win to stay at least 3.5 games clear atop Brooklyn. They completed the task quite handily:

The game was tied 1-1 after the end of the 2nd but from there Atlantic took off, scoring the next fifteen runs over their next five times at bat, taking a 16-1 lead before Marathon responded with their second and final run of the game. Atlantic then added half a dozen more runs for good measure.

Atlantic saw fine performances from leadoff man Harold Lally (LF), .400 hitter Jackson Wright (1B), & 2B Henry Neal…

• ATL #1 Harold Lally (LF): 4/7 (3B, 6 TB), 3 R, 2 RBI
• ATL #2 Henry Neal (2B): 3/7 (2B, 3B, HR, 9 TB), 5 R, 5 RBI, SB, DEF DP
• ATL #4 Jackson Wright (1B): 4/7 (HR, 7 TB), 1 R, 4 RBI, DEF DP

…but a pair who collected five hits each were the stars of the afternoon. The first five-hit man was 3B John Stoneman:

• T2: Leadoff Single past SS off C. Branagan
• T3: Fly Out to RF (2 out)
• T4: Double to RCF off C. Branagan
• T5: Reached via 1-run Fielder’s Choice at 2B
• T7: Single to LF off L. Buck (R)
• T8: 1-run Single to LCF off L. Buck
• T9: 1-run Single to LF off J. Owen
• TOTAL: 5/7 (2B, 6 TB), 1 R, 3 RBI

The other five-hit performance came from 4x All-Star Herb Verrett:

• T1: 1-run Single to CF off C. Branagan
• T3: 1-run Triple to LF off C. Branagan (R)
• T4: Single to RCF off C. Branagan (R)
• T5: Hit by Pitch from L. Buck (R)
• T6: 1-run Ground Out to 2B (2 out)
• T8: Leadoff Single to LCF off L. Buck (R)
• T9: 1-run Single past SS off J. Owen (R)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (3B, 7 TB), 5 R, 4 RBI, HBP, 100 GMSC

Wright’s 4/7 afternoon Stoneman’s raised his Average slightly to .408 (.965 OPS) with ten games remaining as he tries to become the first .400 in the N.Y.L. in four years. Stoneman’s 5/6 day raised his Average to .339 (.783 OPS) with 54 RBI. Verrett’s performance moved his Average to .368 (.888 OPS) with an N.E.L.-leading 74 RBI and 2.6 WAR.

The win kept Atlantic (41-19) 3.5 games ahead of Continental for 1st place in Brooklyn. Marathon (26-34) is fifteen games behind, and has been eliminated from playoff contention.