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OVERBROOK PUTS PENN TO THE SWORD IN PHILLY
LOCHHEAD & MAXWELL STAR AS HOSTS TAKE SPECTACULAR VICTORY

PHILADELPHIA (July 6, 1877) - Penn B.C. & Overbrook were just a game apart in the West Philadelphia standings going into their game on Friday afternoon, but it sure didn’t look that way on the field of play:

Visiting Penn actually scored the first runs of the game thanks to a run-scoring Single by 1B Charlie Smith in T2 that was followed by an error, but Overbrook scored sixteen times before Penn could make it back onto the scoreboard, and the rout was on as the hosts won by 21.

Overbrook was helped plenty by Penn’s absurd TWENTY-THREE ERRORS in the field (LG AVG: 7.8 E/G), but they had two bonafide star performances from their lineup during the game.

The first big afternoon came from C Walter Lochhead…

• OVER #6 Walter Lochhead (C): 4/6 (4 1B), 3 R, 5 RBI

…but he was easily outshone by Overbrook’s middle-of-the-lineup 2B, Oscar Maxwell:

• B2: Leadoff Single past 2B off F. Buchanan (SB, R)
• B3: Reached via Error by 1B C. Smith (R)
• B4: Single past 3B off F. Buchanan (R)
• B4: 1-run Single past SS off A. McCray
• B5: 2-run Single to CF off A. McCray (R)
• B6: 1-run Sac Fly to CF off W. Satterfield
• B8: 2-RUN HOME RUN TO RF off W. Satterfield
• TOTAL: 5/6 (HR, 8 TB), 5 R, 6 RBI, SB, 118 GMSC (season high)

Maxwell’s day with the bat was easily the best of the P.C.B.L. season when going by Game Score, and it’s not at all difficult to see why given that he was the first player this season with five Hits and a Home Run in the same game, and that’s before adding in his five Runs and six RBI.

The result left both Overbrook & Penn 21-22, part of a three-way tie for fourth place in West Philadelphia eleven games behind leaders Philadelphia Baseball & Cricket Club.