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Tony Ortiz Strokes 3 Home Runs Saturday, September 3rd , 2107 Sioux City first baseman Tony Ortiz blasted three homers at Ballpark of Washington in the 5-3 Explorers victory over the Washington Whalers. For the game, Tony Ortiz scored 3 times and knocked in 4 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 Ortiz 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 Ortiz told BNN reporters in a postgame interview. "What a day." Tony Ortiz flied out in the 2nd, hit a two-run home run off Tony Rojas in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off Tom Lipow in the 6th, hit a solo-shot off Jose Espinoza in the 8th and grounded out in the 9th. At present, Ortiz is batting .258 with 83 hits and 25 home runs. He has knocked in 73 runs and scored 51 times. |
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