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3 Roundtrippers for Okamoto
Monday, August 14th , 2073
Fans seated in the bleacher section at Greenjackets Ballpark were taking cover all day long as Kuniyoshi Okamoto zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power.
The big game from the Delaware center fielder helped the Dragons take the victory, 14-3, over the Holliday Jackets.
"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 5 at-bats, drove in 6 and scored 3 runs.
Kuniyoshi Okamoto hit a GRAND SLAM off Jim Unknown in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, struck out in the 5th, hit a solo-shot off Jim Unknown in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off Jim Unknown in the 8th.
This season, Okamoto is batting .235 with 10 home runs. He has scored 19 runs and driven in 24.
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