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 | Suitani Scorches Swallows for 3 HR Thursday, June 21st, 2012: It was a good day for Chunichi and an exceptional day for Kazuyoshi Suitani. The 22-year-old right fielder sent three bombs out of the park to help the Dragons beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 21-8 at Ballpark of Nakashibetsu College. Following the game, he was asked about his performance. "When you're in the zone, the game really slows down," Suitani commented, "I couldn't even tell you what pitches were thrown. Today feels great, but it is a long season and tomorrow is another day." For the day he scored 3 times, drove in 8 runs and smacked 4 hits in 5 at-bats. Kazuyoshi Suitani hit a two-run home run off Ton Yano in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, flied out in the 5th, hit a GRAND SLAM off Roku Yoshikawa in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off Horiuchi Watanabe in the 8th. Suitani currently has a .353 batting average with 65 hits, 20 homers, 51 RBIs, 48 runs scored and a .391 OBP. |   |
