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Higashi Laces 3 HR Against Jeonju Friday, August 29th , 2042 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Jeonju Grounds were taking cover all day long as Yukinaga Higashi zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Muju right fielder helped the Naturalists take the victory, 9-0, over the Jeonju Shamans. "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 5 at-bats, drove in 6 and scored 3 runs. Yukinaga Higashi hit a three-run home run off Sergio Gonzáles in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off Javier Martínez in the 5th, hit a two-run home run off Javier Martínez in the 7th and flied out in the 9th. Higashi has a .228 average and a .283 on-base percentage for the year. He has picked up 53 hits, 23 home runs and driven in 55 runs. |
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