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HALL CRACKS FOUR DOUBLES IN WIN AT MINERVA
SoB LEADOFF MAN SPARKS TEAM’S ATTACK IN TEN-RUN VICTORY AT HOLME FIELD

PHILADELPHIA, PENN. (May 21, 1879) - Minerva is hosting Sons of Ben for Week Two of the P.C.B.L. season, and it was Sons of Ben who started the week off right with a ten-run victory at Thomas Holme Field:

This was an easy win for the visitors. They scored three times in the opening inning and had a multiple-run advantage the rest of the way, enjoying a lead as large as eleven (15-4) before Minerva scored a run in the bottom of the ninth.

S.o.B.’s Batsman of the Year favorite Henry Yoder had another fantastic afternoon…

• SoB CF Henry Yoder: 4/6 (2 3B), 1 R, 2 RBI, SB, 8 TB

…that brought his batting record to an absurd 21/31 (.677 AVG, 1.613 OPS) through six games, but it was leadoff man Arthur Hall (RF) who stole the show and took home Player of the Game honors:

• T1: Leadoff Double to CF off J. Thorp (R)
• T2: Double to LCF off J. Thorp (R)
• T4: 1-run Single to CF off J. Thorp (R)
• T5: 1-run Double to CF off J. Thorp (R)
• T6: Reached via Error by 2B J. Auriemma
• T8: 1-run Double to LCF off J. McDonald
• TOTAL: 5/6 (4 2B), 4 R, 3 RBI, 9 TB, 85 GMSC

Hall’s quartet of Doubles set a new single-game record for the league. The two-base outburst was quite the shocker from the Outfielder, as he's never hit more than sixteen Doubles over seventy games in any of his previous five seasons in the P.C.B.L., all with Sons of Ben. Hall is batting 10/30 with six Doubles, nine Runs, and four RBI through six games.

The ten-run win moved Sons of Ben up to a nice 4-2 start. Meanwhile, for the second year in a row a Minerva team that has been favored to take the East Philadelphia pennant is off to a slow start, this time 1-5.