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 | Big Day for Richardson: Swats 5 Hits Wednesday, August 29th , 1917 It wasn't just another day at the ballpark for Mark Richardson. Richardson went on a tear and cracked hit after hit off Wilmington pitchers. When the dust settled on the diamond at Lackawanna Grounds, he had a 5-for-5 line and a day he will long remember. And the Scranton Black Diamonds had a win, 8-1, over the Shipwrights. "Yeah, it'll be something nice to tell the grandkids, but it won't get me a hit tomorrow," he joked in the postgame interview. Mark Richardson hit an RBI single in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit a two-run single in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 8th. On the year, Richardson is hitting .312 with 133 hits, 3 home runs, 70 RBIs, .374 OBP and has scored 66 runs. |   |
