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MASCHERINO HAS APBL’S 1ST 40-GAME HIT STREAK
LEGENDARY SS KNOWN FOR DEFENSE MAKES OFFENSIVE HISTORY IN 19TH SEASON

MANHATTAN (Aug. 18, 1875) - Orange B.B.C. took a six-run loss at home to an Excelsior side still in the fight to make the Founders’ Cup for the first time, but there was one very bright spot for the home team during the 14-8 defeat.

With two out in the bottom of the 7th, legendary Orange SS Anthony Mascherino stepped up to bat and hit a Single on the fourth pitch to him from Jim Creighton, and in the process became the first player in the history of the A.P.B.L. with a Hitting Streak of 40+ games in length.

Mascherino has become one of the most famous names in the history of the sport thanks to his defense – he has thirteen Golden Gloves and a career Zone Rating of +435.1, all at SS – but the incredible veteran has experienced an offensive renaissance in 1875.

Mascherino’s Hitting Streak was eventually stopped on the season’s penultimate day as the team lost at Kings County, with his Hitting Streak ending at 42 games, beating Nelson Townsend’s Hitting Streak in 1871 & ’72 by four.

With one game left in the A.P.B.L. season, Mascherino has a .357 Batting Average, .373 On-Base %, .444 Slugging %, .817 OPS, and 32 Extra-Base Hits, all numbers the highest he’s had in the A.P.B.L. and all five his best numbers for a single season since 1870, when he joined Orange for their last season in the N.B.B.O. ahead of the league split.

While Mascherino has never led his league in any major category other than Batsman WAR, he can now brag about having the first forty-game Hitting Streak in the history of professional baseball, something he can now hold over the most talented batsmen in the sport.