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KASSABIAN HAS FIVE HITS & FIVE RBI AT GOTHAM
AMERICAN LF LEADS THE WAY IN TEAM’S DOUBLE-DIGIT WIN AT ST. GEORGE CRICKET GROUNDS

NEW YORK CITY (July 10, 1878) - American & Gotham faced off at Red House on Wednesday afternoon in the middle game of their A.P.B.L. Week Ten series, and the result was a dominant victory by the visitors from Philadelphia:

It was American’s day from start to finish. The 4x A.P.B.L. champions scored six times during their first turn with the bats, the big moment being a two-run Single by LF George Kassabian. Gotham scored twice in T1 to make 6-2 put them within a Grand Slam’s distance, but after four innings of goose eggs American scored five times in the sixth to make it 11-2 and put an early seal in the victory. They then put up another six-run rally in T9 to take an 18-5 lead before Gotham’s consolation run gave American a dozen-run margin of victory.

Fifteen-year American 1B William Busby had himself a fine afternoon…

• AME 1B William Busby: 3/6 (2B, HR), 3 R, 4 RBI, 7 TB, GIDP

…but the guest of honor at the St. George Cricket Grounds was Kassabian:

• T1: 2-run Single past SS off P. Krueger (R)
• T2: Single past 3B off P. Krueger
• T5: Line Out to SS (1 out)
• T6: 1-run Double to RCF off P. Krueger (R)
• T8: 1-run Double to CF off C. Dempsey
• T9: 1-run Single past 1B off C. Dempsey (R)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (2 2B), 3 R, 5 RBI, 7 TB, 92 GMSC

Kassabian’s afternoon raised his Average to .332 (.797 OPS) with an even 20 Extra-base Hits (16 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR) and 75 Runs Batted In (121/90 G) through 56 games of the 1878 season. Home Run hero Busby is batting .323 (.813 OPS) with 17 XBH (14 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR) and 61 RBI.

The 18-6 win left American 33-23, good for 3rd in the Metropolitan Conference, while the loss left Gotham 30-26 and in 4th. Knickerbocker leads the Metro with the A.P.B.L.’s best record: 41-15.