5-Hit Blitz by Maryland's van den Boom
<Maryland Bridegrooms:team#76> shortstop <Karst van den Boom:player#11352> banged out 5 hits today, but it was not enough to keep his club from succumbing to the <New York Twin Towers:team#78>, 9-7. He went 5-for-5 and raised his batting average a few points. 

"If the hits keep coming," an upbeat van den Boom said after the game, "the runs will too. And, more importantly, so will the wins." 

<Karst van den Boom:player#11352> singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 7th and hit an RBI double in the 8th.

Thus far in 2053 van den Boom is hitting .262 with 8 home runs, 54 RBIs, 65 runs scored and has compiled a .296 OBP.

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