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ST. JOHN’S GETS REVENGE FOR TUE. KNICK LOSS
48 HOURS AFTER LOSING TO KNICK 19-0 AT HOME, CHAMPS BEAT THEM BY TWENTY

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (June 13, 1878) - Two days ago Knickerbocker walked into venerable Olneyville Field and thrashed St. John’s in a 19-0 Shoutout, during which the defending A.P.B.L. could muster all of two Hits. This afternoon, St. John’s was able to exact revenge on their Tuesday tormentors:

Knickerbocker actually scored first – a Single by LF Clive Strachan drawing first blood for the Metro leaders. However, a tying run by St. John’s in B2 was followed by sixteen more over the next three innings to give the hosts a whopping 17-1 advantage. Four more runs in B8 gave St. John’s an extremely satisfying twenty-run win over the league’s #1 team.

It was a banner day for multiple members of the St. John’s lineup:

• StJ CF Rudolph Decker: 5/6 (2B), 5 R, 2 RBI, SB, 85 GMSC
• StJ C Frederick Drake: 3/5 (all 1B), 4 R, 1 RBI, BB, 1/2 RTO
• StJ LF Joseph Evans: 3/7 (all 1B), 2 R, 3 RBI
• StJ 1B Konrad Jensen: 4/7 (2B), 2 R, 2 RBI
• StJ SS George Pugatch: 4/6 (all 1B), 2 R, 3 RBI
• StJ 3B Eamonn Todd: 4/6 (2B), 2 R, 2 RBI

All totaled, St. John’s finished Thursday’s series ender with 28 Hits (4 2B), ten of them along with nine Runs coming against the man who held them scoreless with two Hits on Tuesday: Knick #1 Robert Goodman. The hit train against Knick left two St. John’s batsmen batting above .385 on the season: Jensen (.391, .937 OPS) & Evans (.388, .897 OPS).

The smashing win put St. John’s in a three-way tie atop the Colonial Conference with Niagara & Shamrock, all three teams 21-12. The loss pulled Knick down into a tie atop the Metropolitan with Kings County at 23-10, with those two tied for the league’s best record through 33 games.