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Smashing Success: Perez Wallops 3 HR Saturday, April 30th , 2078 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Shockwave Ballpark were taking cover all day long as Josue Perez zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Reno center fielder helped the Mountaineers take the victory, 16-4, over the Lamoine Shockwave. "I told myself not to press on the last one," he told reporters in the postgame press conference. "I knew I couldn't force it -- it has to be a nice easy swing." For the game, he collected 3 hits in 6 at-bats, drove in 5 and scored 3 runs. Josue Perez hit a solo-shot off Jimmy Cain in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Souma Aoki in the 2nd, grounded out in the 3rd, flied out in the 4th, struck out in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off Alex Monsalve in the 8th. Perez is currently batting .171 with 5 home runs, 7 runs scored and 14 RBIs. His OBP is .244. |
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