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KINGS COUNTY’S BAKKEN HITS FOR THE CYCLE

BROOKLYN, July 3 (1859) – Atlantic beat Kings County 11-9 over twelve innings in an exciting Brooklyn Championship contest. While Atlantic were all smiles since the result moved them past the .500 mark, first-place Kings County did come away with something to smile about as Per-Olaf Bakken became the fifth player to hit for the Cycle.

Bakken, one of two K.C. players to get five hits with the other being Soren Thomsen, did not need the extra frames to achieve the feat, completing the Cycle in the bottom of the seventh inning. Here was his day at the plate:

• BOT 1: Leadoff Home Run to LF off J. Brinson
• BOT 3: Swinging Strikeout
• BOT 4: 1-Run Single b/w 1B & 2B off J. Brinson
• BOT 5: 1-Run Triple to LCF off J. Brinson
• BOT 7: Double to RF off J. Brinson
• BOT 9: Leadoff Double to LCF off S. Thierry
• BOT 11: Sac Bunt to P
• TOTAL: 5/6, CYCLE (2 2B, 3B, HR), 4 R, 3 RBI

Bakken joins John Nelson (Scranton, 7/23/57 vs Merrimack Mills), Thomas Bonner (Continental, 5/14/58 vs Eckford), Joseph Korth (Pioneer, 7/23/58 vs Alleghany), and Charles McKiernan (Merrimack Mills, 8/4/58 vs Scranton) as the members of the National Base Ball Organization’s Cycle Club.

Despite the loss, Kings County remains three games clear at the top of the Brooklyn Championship standings at 29-16.