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BALTIC VETERAN HARRY HITS FOR CYCLE
FOURTH-YEAR CATCHER COMPLETES NBBO’S SECOND CYCLE OF 1876 IN DOUBLE-DIGIT VICTORY

NEW YORK CITY (Aug. 5, 1876) - Baltic entered Saturday’s game at Mutual knowing they needed a win to retain the faintest hopes of forcing their way into a playoff for the New York City pennant, and they responded brilliantly:

Mutual exited the opening inning ahead 2-1, but after the Baltic was in total control, scoring fifteen of the game’s last sixteen runs. The biggest moment of Baltic’s afternoon was a two-run Inside the Park Home Run by C Clive Harry in the top of the 7th inning, which was part of a historic afternoon for the fourth-year player:

• T2: 1-run Double to CF off G. Kendle
• T4: Fly Out to 3B (1 out)
• T5: Fly Out to RF (2 out)
• T7: 2-RUN HOME RUN (ItP) to CF off G. Kendle (R)
• T8: 1-run Single past 3B off M. Riis (R)
• T9: 1-run Triple to RCF off H. Kerstens
• TOTAL: 4/6 (CYCLE, 10 TB), 2 R, 5 RBI, 1/2 RTO

The Cycle by Harry was the second in the N.B.B.O. this season, with the other one completed by Salem 3B Hoyt Woodford on May 18th at Cantabrigians (4/4, 3 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB). What makes Harry’s Cycle particularly impressive was that the final was that the Single, Triple, & Home Run all came during the final third of the game.

Harry, an All-Star last year whose bat work has dipped just a bit in 1876, is batting .292 (.663 OPS) with ten Extra-Base Hits (6 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR) and 35 Runs Batted in six games left to play.

The win, combined with Union’s 7-5 home loss to N.Y.A.C., means Baltic is five games out of 1st place in New York City with six games remaining. Mutual is eliminated from playoff contention.