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METRO WINS WILD 22-10 CONTEST AT ORANGE
FOUR METROPOLITAN PLAYERS RECORD 4+ HITS; FOUR ALSO DRIVE IN THREE RUNS

NEW YORK CITY (July 14th, 1860) – It was a battle of the #3 & 4 teams in the New York City Championship on Saturday afternoon, with Metropolitan B.B.C. visiting Orange B.B.C. at the Upper Manhattan Base Ball Grounds. The resulting contest between the two was packed full of action, with the two teams combining for 32 runs and 44 hits.

Metropolitan were the big winners on the day, but did they not secure the result until late. Ahead 9-8 after five innings, the visitors pounded Orange into submission with thirteen more runs over the last four.

Metropolitan’s 22-run onslaught was truly a team effort. Four players – Kieron Cantrell (C), Henry Ciccone (2B), William Karras (CF), and Walter Kirby (OF) – had four or more hits, and four players – Cantrell, Karras, Kirby, and Garrett Turner – had three RBI.

Two Metropolitan batsmen finished the game with five hits: Cantrell & Ciccone, with Henry Ciccone being named Player of the Game.

Cantrell’s day against the Orange pitching:

• TOP 1: 1-run Single between 3B/SS off E. Lindsey
• TOP 3: Single between 1B/2B off E. Lindsey (scored)
• TOP 4: Single past SS off J. Mankin
• TOP 6: 1-run Single to CF off J. Mankin (scored)
• TOP 7: Reached via Base on Balls by J. Mankin
• TOP 8: 1-run Infield Single off C. Kishbaugh
• TOP 9: Reached via Base on Balls by C. Kishbaugh
• TOTAL: 5/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 85 GAME SCORE

P.o.t.G. Ciccone’s afternoon:

• TOP 1: Single past 2B off E. Lindsey (scored)
• TOP 2: Fly-ball Out to LF
• TOP 3: 2-run Single between 1B/2B off E. Lindsey (scored)
• TOP 6: Leadoff Single to CF off J. Mankin (scored)
• TOP 7: Leadoff Double to CF off J. Mankin (scored)
• TOP 8: Infield Single off C. Kishbaugh (scored)
• TOP 9: Reached via Base on Balls by C. Kishbaugh
• TOTAL: 5/6, 2B, 5 R, 2 RBI, BB, 90 GAME SCORE

The result of the game left both teams with a 29-25 record, placing them four games behind surprise N.Y.C. leaders Mutual B.B.C. Henry Ciccone’s big day saw him exit with a .374 Batting Average and 79 Hits, with both marks putting him in the top ten of the New York League.