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TWO N.C. PLAYERS STEAL THE SHOW IN LOSING EFFORT
BARLUND & JOHNSTON DRILL FIVE HITS EACH IN WILD 42-RUN SLUGFEST VS ATLANTIC

BROOKLYN (June 14, 1877) - Atlantic & Nassau County got together at the Long Island Grounds on Thursday, and what unfolded was a 42-run slugfest in which visiting Atlantic outlasted Nassau Co. and came out on top:

In a game featuring over forty runs and four dozen base hits, it was actually a pair of players from the losing team who were the stars of the afternoon.

Two Nassau Co. players finished the game with five Hits each. The first of the two was their leadoff man, CF Lage Barlund:

• B1: Leadoff Single to CF off P. Renshaw (R)
• B2: 3-RUN HOME RUN to RF off P. Renshaw
• B3: Leadoff Single to LCF off C. Fenley (R)
• B4: Single to RF off C. Fenley (R)
• B5: Ground Out to SS (1 out)
• B7: Line Out to SS (1 out)
• B9: 1-run Triple to LF off M. Kapral (R)
• TOTAL: 5/7 (3B, HR, 10 TB), 5 R, 4 RBI, 100 GMSC

Nassau Co.’s other five-hit player was the man right behind Barlund in the lineup, LF Ciaran Johnston:

• B1: Reached via Error by P P. Renshaw
• B2: Single to LCF off P. Renshaw (R)
• B3: Single to LF off C. Fenley
• B4: 1-run Single to LF off C. Fenley (R)
• B5: Fly Out to LF (2 out)
• B7: 1-run Infield Single to 2B off M. Kapral
• B9: 1-run Single past SS off M. Kapral (R)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (all 1B), 3 R, 3 RBI, SAC BUNT

Barlund’s performance marked what was already the seventh 100+ Game Score by a batsman in the N.B.B.O. in 1877, and there is still more than a week before the league reaches the halfway point. He is batting .333 (.822 OPS) with one Home Run and eighteen RBI through 27 games.

Johnston’s afternoon raised his Average to .351 (.761 OPS) with a dozen RBI through 25 games played for Nassau Co.

The win saw Atlantic improve to 16-11. They are second in Brooklyn and four games behind leaders Eckford. Nassau Co. is 12-15 (8 GB) and part of a four-way tie for fourth place.