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RICHARDS BLASTS SIX HITS IN SYRACUSE WIN
SYRACUSE SS ADDS HANDFUL OF RBI IN HOME WIN OVER BINGHAMTON; DUFFY ALSO HAS FIVE RBI

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (May 24, 1878) - Syracuse entered the third game of their Upstate New York series against Binghamton looking to go above the .500 mark, and they did so very easily:

With the score 1-1 going into B2, Syracuse scored once in the 2nd, nine times in the 3rd, and four more times in the 4th to turn a tie game into a 15-1 laugher. It didn’t get any better for Binghamton, as the hosts piled on eight more runs in B8 to take a 24-3 lead before the visitors scored a consolation run in the 9th.

Syracuse saw RF Lon Duffy have an efficient day with the bat, driving in five Runs on just two base hits, but their star player was first-year regular SS Christopher Richards:

• B1: 1-run Double to LCF off C. Frees
• B3: 1-run Single past SS off C. Frees (R)
• B3: Single to RCF off W. Lewis
• B4: 2-run Single to LCF off W. Lewis
• B6: Fly Out to LF (1 out)
• B8: 1-run Single to RCF off W. Lewis
• B8: Single to RF off J. Barnes
• TOTAL: 6/7 (2B), 1 R, 5 RBI, 86 GMSC

Richards, in his third season with Syracuse, is making the most of his first chance to be a member of the lineup. He’s batting .429 (.977 OPS) with 17 Runs Batted In (92 RBI/70 G) and 0.9 WAR (4.6 WAR/70 G) through thirteen games in 1878.

The win moved Syracuse into a tie for 3rd place upstate at 7-6, while Binghamton is in 7th at 5-8.