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Kagawa Crushes 3 HR Against Abingdon Tuesday, August 6th , 2024 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Reagor Dykes Stadium were taking cover all day long as Outa Kagawa zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Moncton second baseman helped the Mounties take the victory, 28-2, over the Abingdon Archers. "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 6 at-bats, drove in 8 and scored 5 runs. Outa Kagawa hit a two-run home run off Jim Unknown in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off Jim Unknown in the 3rd, flied out in the 4th, hit a GRAND SLAM off Jim Unknown in the 5th, walked in the 6th, hit an RBI single in the 8th and grounded out in the 9th. Kagawa has collected 122 hits for the Mounties this year, 36 of them home runs. He has also netted 87 RBIs and scored 87 runs while batting .349. |
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