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Mendoza Joins 3-HR Club Tuesday, April 14th , 2020 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Etowah Baseball Field were taking cover all day long as Kevin Mendoza zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Etowah High School third baseman helped the Eagles take the victory, 16-7, over the Etiwanda High School Eagles. "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 3 at-bats, drove in 7 and scored 4 runs. Kevin Mendoza hit a solo-shot off Jon Waugaman in the 2nd, hit a GRAND SLAM off Zachery Clifford in the 3rd, walked in the 5th, hit a two-run home run off Dan Bell in the 6th and walked in the 8th. This season in 14 games, Mendoza has hit at a .320 clip with 8 hits, 3 home runs, 10 RBIs and 7 runs scored. |
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