| Hit Streak for Rilling Reaches 20 Thursday, September 20th , 1917 Sylvester Rilling's hitting streak is becoming the talk of Dallas. The 25-year-old left fielder extended it once again, this time bringing it to 20 games with a 2-for-4 performance against the Galveston Gulls. The Deputies won the game, 8-0.
"People are starting to bring it up to me when I'm around town," he said. "It's getting stressful." Sylvester Rilling flied out in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, walked in the 6th, grounded out in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 8th.
So far this season, Rilling is batting .337 with 15 home runs, 71 RBIs and 59 runs scored. He has 174 hits in 517 at-bats, 29 walks and a .370 OBP. Rilling has played in 129 games. | | |