Johnston Belts 5 Hits

Saturday, August 8th, 2020
What a day for [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] of the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]! A 5-hit hitting spree! That doesn't happen every day. He ripped [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] pitching apart at The Skybox. He wrote his name in the record books, finishing his special day 5 for 6. But the Sky Sox spoiled his party by winning the game 17-13.

The [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] third baseman confessed, "I would have much preferred getting a couple of hits and winning the game to this. It's hard to enjoy anything when you lose."

His skipper said, "It's a shame that we couldn't have won the game. A guy gets a once-in-a-lifetime game and can't really enjoy it."

But he was upbeat enough to talk about his basic theory of hitting. "I'm usually a first ball hitter," [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] told reporters. "I think pitchers think batters are going to let the first one go by. I never do. I've always found that it's better to pull the trigger early in the count. Pitchers get real nasty when they get ahead of you, so I try to avoid that."

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, struck out in the 3rd, hit a two-run home run off [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in the 5th, hit a two-run single in the 6th and singled in the 8th.

So far this season [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] has put up a .342 batting average with 65 hits, 5 home runs and 30 RBIs.