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NASH THE KEY AS KEYSTONE BEATS SPARTAN
LEADOFF MAN HAS FIVE HITS & FIVE RBI IN SURPRISING WIN AT DEFENDING EAST CHAMPS

PHILADELPHIA, PENN. (July 11, 1880) - Spartan, defending East Philadelphia champions, and Keystone played the final game of their series at the Ninth Street Grounds today, and it was Keystone who got in the last word to avoid a sweep:

The final score of 11-9 makes the game appear closer than it was in actuality. With Spartan ahead 4-3 after the fourth inning, Keystone came to bat for T5 and scored four times to take the lead (7-4), with the key hit a two-run Triple by LF Dennis Nash. Keystone then scored twice in the 6th and twice in the 8th to take a commanding 11-4 lead, one that was able to withstand a five-run rally by Spartan in the bottom of the ninth.

Keystone had a pair of three-hit Batsmen at Spartan…

• KEY 1B Bruce Smith: 3/6 (all 1B), 1 R, 1 RBI
• KEY RF Jeffrey Unger: 3/6 (2B), 3 R, 1 TBI

…but Nash was the obvious Player of the Game with his effort.

• T1: Single past 2B off J. Kilgore (R)
• T2: Reached via Error by SS
• T4: Leadoff Single to LF off J. Kilgore
• T5: Two-run Triple to CF off J. Kilgore (R)
• T6: 1-run Single to RF off J. Kilgore
• T8: Two-run Double to CF off W. Neal
• TOTAL: 5/6 (2B, 3B), 2 R, 5 RBI, 8 TB – 85 GMSC (BAT: 2nd)

Nash’s performance was the second-best by a P.C.B.L. Batsman this season, one that raised his Average to .326 (.835 OPS) with 40 Runs, 21 Extra-Base Hits (13 2B, 7 3B, 1 HR), 34 RBI, and 1.1 WAR through nine weeks of play.

The win moved Keystone into a tie for 6th in East Philadelphia with Queen Village at 19-26 (9 GB), while the loss kept Spartan alone in 3rd at 25-20 (3 GB). Frankford Arsenal are the current East leaders at 28-17.