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3-HR Game for Mendoza Friday, August 31st , 2108 Cincinnati (SS-A) shortstop Miguel Mendoza blasted three homers at Stallions Ballpark in the 17-0 Reds victory over the Los Angeles A (SS-A) Angels. For the game, Miguel Mendoza scored 3 times and knocked in 9 runs. When he hit his last home run, his teammates, hearing the crack of the bat, leaped off the bench and rushed on the field to greet the jubilant Mendoza when he reached home plate. "It was just one game, but it sure was a lot of fun -- 3-for-5, three roundtrippers and a win," a gleeful Mendoza told BNN reporters in a postgame interview. "What a day." Miguel Mendoza hit a two-run home run off Lorenzo Palmerin in the 2nd, flied out in the 3rd, walked in the 4th, hit a GRAND SLAM off Antonio Morales in the 5th, hit a three-run home run off Ricky Medina in the 6th and struck out in the 8th. This season, Mendoza has hit 4 home runs and posted a .245 batting average. |
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