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GREENHORN CRISP HAS 5 HITS & 5 RBI AT FLOUR CITY
NEW GOTHAM 3B HAS BRILLIANT AFTERNOON AS TEAM WINS WITH RALLY IN 7TH

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (May 14, 1878) - The new-look Gotham team went 4-2 over the first week of the A.P.B.L. season, and they fancied their chances to go to 5-2 at struggling Flour City to open Week Two. The result in Upstate New York:

It was a quality contest. Flour City drew first blood with three runs in B1, and after the teams put up competing two-run rallies in the 2nd it was 5-2 to the hosts. Gotham drew level over the next two innings before pulling ahead in the 6th with another two-run rally to bring the score to 7-5.

The next inning would be the key to the game. In B6, Flour City came to bat and scored four times – the rally capped by a two-run Single from PH Ralph Callahan – to go ahead 9-7. However, Gotham came to bat in T7 and did Flour City one better with a five-run rally sparked by a two-run Single from greenhorn 3B Benjamin Crisp, and that saw Gotham ahead 12-9 when they were retired. The teams scored one run each after that, and Gotham exited Riverside Park the victors.

The Player of the Game was Crisp, who was excellent in his seventh career outing:

• T2: 1-run Single past 3B off J. Goodman
• T3: 1-run Single past 2B off J. Goodman
• T6: Leadoff Double to RF off J. Goodman (R)
• T7: 2-run Single past SS off J. Goodman (R)
• T8: 1-run Single to RF off O. Holt
• TOTAL: 5/5 (2B), 2 R, 5 RBI, 89 GMSC

The three-run win moved Gotham up to 5-2, while listless Flour City is 1-6 through their first seven games.