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BABE’S BRILLIANT BAT BASHES BUSHEL OF BASEKNOCKS
GOTHAM 2B BATS 5/6 WITH MULTIPLE RUNS & RBI IN BIG WIN AT EXCELSIOR

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (June 9, 1878) - Gotham entered the final game of its series against Excelsior at Carroll Park looking to climb back above the .500 mark, and they did so with an extremely impressive display during the late innings:

This was a tight game over the first five stanzas, as a Double by Gotham 2B Babe Johnson in T1 drove in the game’s only run to that point and pitchers Paul Krueger (GOT) & George Sturgis (EXC) looked excellent. Gotham then scored eight runs over the next two innings to break the game, and they eventually went ahead 12-0 in T9 before the Excelsior scored a bunch of late consolation runs.

Five Gotham batsmen finished the game with multiple hits. While greenhorn RF Harold Corso was 3/6 (2B, 2 R, 1 RBI), the leader of the Gotham pack was Johnson:

• T1: 1-run Double to RF off G. Sturgis
• T3: Single past 2B off G. Sturgis
• T5: Fly Out to RF (2 out)
• T6: 1-run Double to RF off G. Sturgis
• T8: Leadoff Single past 1B off E. Seabold (R)
• T9: 1-run Single past 2B off E. Seabold (R)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (2 2B), 2 R, 3 RBI, 7 TB

Johnson’s outburst raised the star infielder’s Batting Average to .362 (.929 OPS) with 15 Extra-Base Hits (12 2B, 3 3B) and 29 Runs Batted In through Gotham’s first thirty games in 1878, putting him on pace for his best season since 1872.

The eight-run win put Gotham back above .500 at 15-14, good for fourth place in the Metropolitan Conference. The loss knocked Excelsior back down to .500 at 15-15, which has them alone in fifth. A.P.B.L.-best Knickerbocker currently leads the conference with a 22-8 record (+56 RD).