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STRACHAN RAPS AMERICAN FOR FIVE HITS IN WIN
GOTHAM SCORES FIVE EARLY RUNS EN ROUTE TO 12-3 WIN AT ST. GEORGE CRICKET GROUNDS

NEW YORK CITY (June 13, 1875) - Gotham B.B.C. needed a win at the end of Week Six to go back to .500, and they got the job done in a lopsided home victory against visiting American:

After a lone run in the bottom of the 1st on a Single by Royal Altman, Gotham added four runs in the bottom of the 2nd through a combination of Singles & Doubles to take a 5-1 lead. From there American could come no closer than 5-3 and the hosts sealed the win with seven runs over the 6th & 7th.

The Player of the Game at the St. George Cricket Grounds was Gotham’s 6x All-Star RF, Clive Strachan:

• B1: Leadoff Triple to LCF off C. Griffith (R)
• B2: 2-run Single to RCF off C. Griffith (R)
• B4: Single past 2B off C. Griffith
• B6: 1-run Single past 3B off C. Griffith (R)
• B7: Double to LCF off L. Townsend (R)
• TOTAL: 5/5 (2B, 3B, 8 TB), 4 R, 3 RBI

It was a much-needed performance by Strachan who entered the contest batting .280 (.635 OPS) when he’s never hit less than .300 in any of his seven full seasons playing for Gotham between the N.B.B.O. & A.P.B.L. The 5/5 moved his Average past .300 to .302 (.693) with seventeen Runs Batted in and two dozen Stolen Bases through 36 games. Strachan still isn’t on pace to have the kind of season he finished with in either 1873 or ’74, but it was a big step in the right direction.

Gotham is currently an even .500, 18-18 and tied with Orange for 3rd place in the Metropolitan Conference. American is alone in 2nd at 21-15. Excelsior, who has the best record in the league, leads the Metro with a 25-11 record.