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TWO COMBINE FOR 11 HITS IN BIG KEYSTONE WIN
HILDEBRAND & RAMSEY BAT 11/13 TO LEAD TEAM TO 16-RUN VICTORY AT QUEEN VILLAGE

PHILADELPHIA (June 2, 1878) - Keystone & Queen Village ended their P.C.B.L. Week Four series at the Fitzwater Field grounds on Sunday afternoon, and Keystone put their hosts through the ringer:

This game was over early, with Keystone scoring eight times over the first two innings and gradually adding runs until they exited the contest with a sixteen-run victory over East Philadelphia’s second-place team.

Four Keystone batsmen had 3+ Hits. The first two:

• KEY 1B Charles Ross: 3/7 (all 1B), 1 R, 4 RBI
• KEY 2B Roland Smith: 4/6 (2 3B), 4 R, 4 RBI, SAC BUNT

The other two Keystone offensive stars were the players of the game. First was C Charles Ramsey…

• KEY C Charles Ramsey: 5/6 (all 1B), 1 R, 3 RBI, 1/2 RTO

…and the Player of the Game, RF Peter Hildebrand, is saved for last:

• T1: 1-run Single past 2B off W. Johannessen
• T2: 2-run Single to LF off W. Johannessen (R)
• T3: Ground Out to 1B (2 out)
• T5: 1-run Single past SS off W. Johannessen
• T6: 1-run Single to LCF off J. Jenkins (R)
• T8: Leadoff Single past 2B off J. Jenkins (R)
• T9: Single to RCF off J. Jenkins (R)
• TOTAL: 6/7 (all 1B), 4 R, 5 RBI, 107 GMSC

Sunday’s six-hit effort by Hildebrand means he currently has the two best performances by a P.C.B.L. batsman so far this season, with his 107 Game Score on Sunday besting his 97 on May 12th at Sons of Ben (5/6, 3 2B, 3 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB).

Hildebrand, now the P.C.B.L.’s most talented batsman after the departure of William Norman, is batting an even .400 (.966 OPS) on the season with 22 Runs Batted In (77 RBI/70 G) and 1.1 WAR (3.8 WAR) through four weeks of play.

Queen Village remains tied for 2nd in East Philadelphia with Sons of Ben in spite of the loss, while the win moved Keystone to 9-11 and a tie with Minerva for 5th place. Frankford least the East with a 15-5 record.