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KINGS CO. TAKES BROOKLYN WITH 16 W’S TO END SEASON!
K.C. 18-2 OVER FINAL 20 GAMES; WAS EVEN WITH ATLANTIC AT START OF STREAK

BROOKLYN (August 5th, 1860) – On July 14th, the Kings County Base Ball Club lost 4-2 at Empire B.B.C. to knock their record down to 38-16 and put them back into a first-place tie with Atlantic B.B.C. atop the Brooklyn Championship. That game was the last time Kings County lost, as they ended the regular season with an extraordinary sixteen-game winning streak that saw them go from level with Atlantic to winning the Brooklyn Championship by no less than nine games.

Kings County’s result since their loss at Empire in mid-July:

• July 15: 9-6 win at Empire – P.o.t.G.: 3B Jerald Peterson (3/4, 3B, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB)
• July 18: 6-4 win vs Excelsior – P.o.t.G.: P Aldous Nelson (CG, 7 H, 4 R/2 ER, 1 K, 150 PIT)
• July 19: 13-7 win vs Excelsior – P.o.t.G.: OF John Francis (3/5, 3 R, 2 RBI)
• July 20: 8-1 win vs Excelsior – P.o.t.G.: C Brannigan Williams (3/4, 2B, R, 3 RBI)
• July 21: 9-2 win vs Excelsior – P.o.t.G.: SS Per Olaf Bakken (3/5, 3 R, RBI, SB)
• July 22: 11-3 win vs Excelsior – P.o.t.G.: OF John Francis (3/4, 3B, 4 R, 2 RBI)
• July 25: 2-1 win vs Nassau Co. – P.o.t.G.: P Grover Wright (CG, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K, 120 PIT)
• July 26: 16-5 win vs Nassau Co. – P.o.t.G.: 3B Jerald Peterson (3/5, 2 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB)
• July 27: 7-0 win vs Nassau Co. – P.o.t.G.: P Grover Wright (CG SHO, 5 H, 1 K, 96 PIT)
• July 28: 3-2 win vs Nassau Co. (10 Inn.) – P.o.t.G.: P Aldous Nelson (CG, 11 H, 3 R/2 ER, 1 K, 149 PIT)
• July 29: 9-5 win vs Nassau Co. – P.o.t.G.: CF Declan Brice (2/4, 2B, R, 3 RBI)
• Aug 1: 11-3 win at Continental – P.o.t.G.: 1B Jackson Buss (2/5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI)
• Aug 2: 7-2 win at Continental – P.o.t.G.: 3B Jerald Peterson (3/5, R, RBI, SB)
• Aug 3: 7-5 win at Continental – P.o.t.G.: 3B Jerald Peterson (2/5, HR, 1 R, 2 RBI)
• Aug 4: 7-5 win at Continental – P.o.t.G.: CF Declan Brice (3/5, 2B, 2 R, RBI)
• Aug 5: 10-6 win at Continental (11 Inn.) – P.o.t.G.: 1B Jackson Buss (4/6, 2B, R, 3 RBI)
• TOTAL: 16 Wins, 136 Runs Scored (8.5/G), 58 Runs Allowed (3.6/G), Run Differential of +78 (+4.9 R/G)

Kings County does not yet have the longest winning streak in N.B.B.O. history, as that record belongs to the 1858 Nassau County team that won 17 in a row from July 3rd to July 28th. However, this is easily the most dominant three weeks of base ball a team has ever played, as over the course of these wins K.C. has been outscoring their opposition by almost five runs per game.

Thanks to their historic run of form, Kings County ends the 1860 regular season with the N.B.B.O.’s best record at 54-16 – the only team to win 50+ games this year. Of the six city & regional championship pennant winners K.C. was one of only two to better than 6-4 over their last ten games – the other being Flour City at 7-3. They enter the 1860 playoffs as the clear favorites to hoist the Tucker-Wheaton Cup.