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THREE CRACK FIVE HITS AT MOUNT MORIAH PARK
BATSMEN STEAL THE SHOW AS BIG INDEPENDENCE RALLY TAKES DOWN OVERBROOK

PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 5, 1877) - Overbrook took on Independence at Mt. Moriah Park on Sunday, and although Overbrook had the lead for much of the game, Independence won it with a huge seventh-inning rally:

Overbrook started splendidly with three runs in T1, with a two-run Double by 1B Gareth Webber the key hit. The visitors would then add single tallies in the 3rd & 5th to take a 5-0 lead. Independence scored three times in T5, with a two-run Triple by LF Jerald Coleman making it a 5-3 game. Overbrook then added five runs over the 6th & 7th on a series of Singles to go ahead 10-3, making them appear likely victors.

Independence came to bat for the bottom of the seventh inning and, facing a seven-run deficit, they reeled off an eleven-run rally – mostly Independence’s doing (8 H) but with plenty of Overbrook help (6 E) – to take a 14-10 lead that would further grow to 16-10 before Overbrook scored twice in the ninth.

There was plenty of offensive action in this one. Both teams had twenty Hits, and in total four players had 4+:

• OVER #1 Cornelius Gibson (CF): 5/6 (all 1B), 3 R, 0 RBI, SB
• OVER #4 Gareth Webber (1B): 5/6 (2B, 6 TB), 1 R, 5 RBI
• OVER #6 Jonathan Lowe (2B): 4/6 (all 1B), 1 R, 2 RBI
• IND #2 Jonathan Turriff (2B/SS): 5/6 (2 2B, 7 TB), 1 R, 6 RBI, 89 GMSC

That Overbrook had three of the four batting stars of the day but still lost by four is more proof that the disastrous seventh inning was their undoing. Independence, who has had little in the way of good fortune this season, will have been all to happy to take a win that didn’t look likely for much of the contest.

With one week left to play, Overbrook is 28-37 and could finish anywhere from fourth to seventh in West Philadelphia, while Independence is 19-46 and guaranteed to have the worst record in the P.C.B.L.