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READING’S LISSEY PITCHES ONE-HITTER

READING, PA, July 9 (1859) – Reading Athletic got the best of Susquehanna today at the Rasmussen Grounds, winning in a 6-0 shutout that if not for Collin Lafferty’s single in the fourth inning would have been the second No-Hitter in National Base Ball Organization History. As it stood, this was the first one-hitter in the N.B.B.O. this season.

Reading’s attack did their work early – a run in the first, two in the third, and three in the fourth made for all the scoring – and from there Jonathan Lissey’s expert pitching combined with good defense behind him to allow that lone hit to Lafferty. Reading’s defense did commit four errors, but that is the norm.

The near-historic win moved Reading above .500 (25-24), but they sit in a surprising sixth place in the Inland Championship. However, hope is far from lost as there is a four-way tie between Alleghany, Merrimack, Pioneer, & Susquehanna just one game ahead of them in the standings, and they are only three games out of first place.