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Pong Booms 3 Homers Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 It's a rare event when a player hits three homers in a game. It happened at Ballpark of Red Deer College today asHyun-koo Pong of the Saskatoon Legends unloaded three times against the Kelowna Heat. He got his name in the league record book, but his team didn't get the win. The Heat bumped off the Legends by a score of 21-7. "We were lucky to win today," said the Kelowna skipper. "You can't give up that many home runs and expect to win on a regular basis." Pong spoke to the writers in the postgame press room with mixed feelings. "I'm happy to hit three homers and get my name in the record books, but a little sad because we lost." Remarking on his big ballgame, he said, "I guess you could say I was a good guesser today, especially on the last one. I was ahead in the count, so I got set for a certain pitch, and got it ... all of it." For the game the Saskatoon first baseman had 3 hits in 4 at-bats, scored 3 times, and drove in 4. Hyun-koo Pong hit a solo-shot off Stan Gómez in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off Stan Gómez in the 4th, hit a two-run home run off Stan Gómez in the 6th, walked in the 7th and grounded out in the 9th. |
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