Brault’s reset button came with ‘a lot to like’

All that while also ringing up the first hit by either team — a single in the third — to mark his seventh consecutive game with a hit.

“I think it’s pretty cool,” Brault was saying of his work at the plate after the game. “Now I’m afraid to pinch-hit because I don’t want to ruin the hitting streak. It’s scary. But it’s absolutely a point of pride. I want to hit.”

That little quote contains almost everything you need to know about Brault. There’s the honest answer — that he cares about the hit. Then, there’s some lighthearted joking. But it finishes with a powerful statement where he mentions his “pride” in swinging the bat.

The hits are fun, but the story with Brault and that sense of pride is…