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DYKE MARVELOUS IN DOMINANT KNICK VICTORY
GREENHORN CF SCORES FIVE & DRIVES IN FIVE AS KNICKERBOCKER WINS BY A DOZEN

NEW YORK CITY (May 25, 1870) – Knickerbocker & Hilltop opened their Week Four series today, and the visitors made no major mistakes as they easily handled their hosts at Nodine Hill Park:

The result was never in doubt – Knickerbocker was up 8-0 by the end of the 4th – and neither was Player of the Game as Greenhorn CF Louis Dyke had a splendid afternoon for the 2x cup champs:

• T2: Leadoff Triple to RCF off C. Bridges (R)
• T3: Reached via Base on Balls by C. Bridges (R)
• T4: 1-run Single to LCF off F. Mills (R)
• T6: 2-run Single past 2B off F. Mills (R)
• T7: 2-run Double to LCF off F. Mills (R)
• T8: Fly Out to LF
• TOTAL: 4/5, 2B, 3B, 5 R, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 96 GMSC

The performance continues a fantastic debut season for Dyke, who is batting .425 with 22 RBI over his first sixteen games in the NBBO. Dyke has also stolen a dozen bases and has a positive Zone Rating at CF, so his spectacular batting has not come at the expense of his two main strengths: baserunning & defense.

Knickerbocker is now 11-5 and tied for 2nd in N.Y.C., while Hilltop is 8-8 and tied for 4th.