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 | Barrage of Hits Gets Yamada PL Award Monday, August 13th, 2012: His hard work and hustle paid off this week. The hard-working and hard-playing Kiyohira Yamada was rewarded with the Pacific League Player of the Week honors. The scrappy Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks first baseman hit .462 while collecting 6 hits in 13 at-bats, 1 home run and 5 RBIs. Yamada's current batting average stands at .315 and he has chalked up 9 home runs and 23 RBIs. |   |
