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Going Once! Twice! Gone Again! 3 HR for Trujillo Sunday, June 23rd , 2058 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Ballpark were taking cover all day long as Manny Trujillo zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Anderson catcher helped the Joes take the victory, 17-3, over the Winston-Salem Warthogs. "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 4 hits in 4 at-bats, drove in 6 and scored 3 runs. Manny Trujillo hit a two-run home run off Juan Mendoza in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off José González in the 5th, walked in the 5th, walked in the 7th and hit a three-run home run off Dou-wan Tian in the 8th. For the year Trujillo is hitting .353 with 4 home runs. His stats include 15 RBI and 18 runs scored. |
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