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VALENTINE HAS APBL’S FIRST SIX-HIT GAME OF ‘78
ALL-STAR RF POUNDS FORMER TEAM AS NEWARK WINS IN MANHATTAN

MANHATTAN (May 23, 1878) - Newark ended their first-ever series against Orange at the Upper Manhattan Grounds on Thursday, looking to take the series 2-1. They were able to withstand a 5th-inning rally to get the job done:

After two scoreless innings to open the game Newark jumped out to the lead, with two runs in the third and four more in the fourth putting them ahead 6-0. However, Orange put five past Home Plate in B5 thanks to a series of Newark fielding misadventures to make it a one-run game (6-5) and force Newark to work hard for a result.

In T6 William Valentine connected with the game’s key hit, an Inside-the-Park Home Run over the head of the Orange LF that righted the Newark ship. That was their run in the 6th, and with lone runs in the 7th, 8th, & 9th they had a 10-5 lead and the win in hand.

For Valentine, the Home Run was part of a fantastic afternoon against his former team:

• T1: Single past SS off A. Miller
• T3: Infield Single to 2B off A. Miller (R)
• T4: 1-run Single past SS off A. Miller
• T6: LEADOFF SOLO HOME RUN (ItP) to LF off A. Miller
• T7: Infield Single to SS off J. Smith
• T9: Single to LCF off J. Smith
• TOTAL: 6/6 (HR), 2 R, 2 RBI, 81 GMSC

Valentine, who spent five seasons with Orange (1873-77) and made two All-Star Games during that time, has played brilliantly over his first two and a half weeks in a Newark uniform, batting .420 (.979 OPS) with six Extra-Base Hits (4 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR), fourteen Runs Batted In (84 RBI/90 G), and 0.7 WAR (4.1 WAR/90 G).

The win has Newark in a three-way tie for 6th in the Colonial Conference at 5-10, while the loss moved Orange down to 6th in the Metropolitan Conference at 6-9.