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ORANGE BATS FINALLY BREAK LOOSE IN ROCHESTER
LEAGUE’S WORST ATTACK BY A RUN PER GAME PUTS 20 ON THE BOARD AT FLOUR CITY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (July 28, 1878) - It has been another long, tortuous, unlucky, and forgettable season for Orange B.B.C., but at least they were able to enjoy the final game of their series at Flour City on Sunday afternoon:

Entering the game with the A.P.B.L.’s worst offense in terms of Runs, Hits, Average, On-Base, Slugging, & OPS, the Orange lineup proceeded to set season highs in Runs, Hits, & Bases on Balls during a performance that started excellently with four runs in the opening inning, and subsequently saw the team score seventeen runs over the first six frames.

There were a number of excellent performances by the Orange batsmen on Sunday:

• ORA 1B Will Chaffin: 5/7 (2B), 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB
• ORA RF Jonathan Cobb: 2/7 (both 1B), 1 R, 3 RBI
• ORA 1B Walter Dudley: 3/6 (all 1B), 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
• ORA 2B Joseph Reed: 3/6 (all 1B), 1 R, 1 RBI
• ORA SS Harold Roberts: 3/5 (2B), 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K
• ORA C Everett Schreiber: 2/5 (both 1B), 4 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K

However, it should be noted that the man who took home Player of the Game honors was legendary 15x All-Star infielder Samuel Kessler of Flour City:

• FC 1B Samuel Kessler: 4/6 (3B), 3 R, 5 RBI, 6 TB, 80 GMSC

The win brought Orange back up to even with Tiger for last place in the Metropolitan Conference, and if they can use today’s result to spur their bats to action then Orange could realistically finish the season 6th. Flour City is 7th in the Colonial at 32-40 (12 GB), and with the way the standings currently are they could finish as high as 4th.