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 | 5-Hit Blitz by Reading's O'Brien Monday, August 31st , 1896 It seemed Reading Red Caps catcher Ben O'Brien could do no wrong, but it still didn't come out right. The Red Caps fell against the Rochester Millers by the score of 7-6. O'Brien did all he could, rapping out 5 hits in 7 at-bats, but in the end, Rochester prevailed at Genessee Grounds. "I felt real good, but my best just wasn't enough," O'Brien said in the postgame interview. "We didn't play well enough to win. I saw the ball well and put the ball in play well, and they fell in for base hits. Some days they do that." Ben O'Brien singled in the 1st, flied out in the 3rd, doubled in the 6th, singled in the 7th, grounded out in the 10th, singled in the 12th and singled in the 14th. O'Brien has a .407 average and a .476 on-base percentage for the year. He has picked up 110 hits, 3 home runs and driven in 57 runs. View Boxscore |   |
