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Johnston Raps Mobile A for 5 Hits Wednesday, June 18th , 1958 Jared Johnston was sizzling at the plate. In a game played at Ballpark of Houston AAA, the Sicily A second baseman blistered the Mobile A Rivermen for 5 hits in 7 at-bats to pace his club to a good 16-9 victory. "Johnston was too tough to get out," Rivermen skipper said in his postgame interview. "No matter what we threw him, he hit it. And he hit some good pitches, too." Jared Johnston singled in the 1st, flied out in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, struck out in the 5th, hit a two-run home run off Kazumi Hayashi in the 6th, singled in the 8th and doubled in the 9th. This season in 40 games, Johnston has hit at a .356 clip with 52 hits, 4 home runs, 18 RBIs and 28 runs scored. |
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