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Kent Spitfires 05-07-1930
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| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, April 22nd, 1930: Freeman Bangs Out 5 Base Hits
5 hits in a game has always been a magic number in baseball. Only a handful of players will do that. Get 5 hits in a game and you get your moment of glory...your 5 minutes of fame...you get your name in the record book.
In the Spitfires 6-5 win over Derbyshire, Buck Freeman was red-hot today, scorching them for hit after hit at St. Lawrence.
"To hit the ball consistently well, you have to relax. I was relaxed for the first four hits, but I must admit, I got too much adrenaline going when I realized that this was a special once-in-a-lifetime chance for the record book. On the last hit, I was ready to swing at anything close, I was that excited. That's why my third base coach called time and told me, 'Calm down and wait for a good pitch.' That got me back on track and I nailed the first one in the strike zone."
On his record-setting day Freeman delivered 5 hits in 5 at-bats, a day he will not soon forget.
B. Freeman hit a two-run double in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off A. Rusie in the 9th.
Freeman is batting .455 with 1 home runs and 11 RBIs this season.
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 | Saturday, April 19th, 1930: Kent Blanked by Singer
Bill Singer shut 'em down and shut 'em out, hurling Middlesex past Kent 8-0 in a complete game victory.
He told SION sportswriters in the postgame interview, "This is a game of adjustments and I made some good ones in this game."
Singer held the Kent Spitfires without a run, tossing a 6-hitter while walking 2 and fanning 5.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 4.5 GB | | Record at home | 9-8, .529 PCT | | Record on the road | 5-4, .556 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 2-1, .667 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 10-2, .833 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 2-2, .500 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 12-10, .545 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 12-10, .545 PCT | | Record in May | 2-2, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .272 - 3rd in BL | | On-Base Percentage | .335 - 5th in BL | | Slugging Percentage | .358 - 8th in BL | | On-Base + Slugging | .693 - 7th in BL | | Runs Scored | 102 - 10th in BL | | Hits | 239 - tied for 5th in BL | | Extra-Base Hits | 53 - tied for 10th in BL | | Home Runs | 10 - 10th in BL | | Bases-On-Balls | 80 - tied for 10th in BL | | Strikeouts | 91 - 1st in BL | | Stolen Bases | 38 - 4th in BL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.76 - 7th in BL | | Starters' ERA | 4.00 - 7th in BL | | Bullpen ERA | 2.52 - 3rd in BL | | Runs allowed | 117 - 7th in BL | | Hits allowed | 229 - 6th in BL | | Opponents AVG | .255 - 5th in BL | | BABIP | .295 - 7th in BL | | Home Runs allowed | 9 - 2nd in BL | | Bases-On-Balls | 100 - 10th in BL | | Strikeouts | 142 - 6th in BL |
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