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PAIR OF STAR PERFORMERS IN THE NBBO ON SUNDAY
LORD BALT’S COLQUITT & MINUTEMAN’S OVASKA BLAST OPPOSING PITCHING IN BIG WINS

BALTIMORE, MD. & TROY, N.Y. (June 6, 1880) - It was the last day of Week Four in the N.B.B.O. on Sunday, and there was a pair of truly outstanding performance among the two dozen games that were on offer.

In Baltimore, Lord Baltimore hosted National B.C. for the final game of their series at the Carey Street Grounds. With three runs each in the 6th, 7th, & 8th, the hosts exited with an 18-13 win that gave them the 3-2 series victory.

Lord Baltimore’s Isaac Holm and National’s Chester Dudek put in fine, four-hit performances…

• LBA LF Isaac Holm: 4/5 (3B), 5 R, 2 RBI, HBP, 6 TB
• NAT 2B Chester Dudek: 4/6 (2B, 3B), 2 R, 4 RBI, 7 TB – DEF DP

…Lord Baltimore 1B James Colquitt was the best of the trio of four-hit men in the exciting affair:

• B1: Single to RF off B. Lauppe
• B3: Reached via Error by 3B (R)
• B3: 2-run Single past SS off B. Lauppe
• B6: 1-run Triple past 1B off W. Cromwell (R)
• B7: 1-run Single to CF off C. McFadden (R)
• B8: Reached via Base on Balls by C. McFadden (R)
• TOTAL: 4/5 (3B), 4 R, 4 RBI, BB, 6 TB – 89 GMSC (BAT: 2nd)

The 24-year-old Colquitt is in his first season as a regular, and through four weeks of play he’s batting .349 (.916 OPS) with 25 Runs, 17 RBI, 1.6 WPA, and 1.3 Batsman WAR, all excellent numbers.

The win improved Lord Baltimore’s record to 8-12 and moved them up to 6th in the Coastal Championship, while the loss dropped National to 12-8 and put them alone in 4th.

In Upstate New York, Minuteman used a barrage of ten runs over the final three innings to win 17-10 against Victory B.B.C. at Rensselaer Park in Troy. The teams combined for three dozen Hits in this one, and while there were two players with four…

• VIC LF Harvey McKie: 4/5 (all 1B), 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB
• MIN 3B John Hanson: 4/6 (3 2B), 3 R, 1 RBI, 7 TB

…veteran CF Jonathan Ovaska outdid everyone else with five:

• T1: Infield Single to C off D. Gibson
• T3: 1-run Single to RCF off D. Gibson
• T5: Single past 2B off D. Gibson (R)
• T6: 1-run Single to RCF off D. Gibson
• T8: Reached via Error by 2B (R)
• T9: 2-run Single to CF off J. McDermott (R)
• TOTAL: 5/6 (all 1B), 3 R, 4 RBI – OF AST, 85 GMSC (BAT: 4th)

While he was great on Sunday, Ovaska is having a poor start to the season. The career .315 hitter (.759 OPS) is batting .270 (.613 OPS) through four weeks of play, with 13 Runs, 18 RBI, and 0.0 WAR.

The result left both teams 10-10 and part of a bizarre six-way tie for second place in Upstate New York.