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Kato Pounds 3 HR Against Hawks Thursday, March 17th, 2033 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters right fielder Takahiro Kato left the Fukuoka SoftBank pitching staff in ruins at Ballpark of Aomori College today, beating the Hawks 15-10 with a prodigious three-home run performance. "The last one was totally unexpected," Kato told reporters at the press conference following his big game. "I just wanted to make good contact, never thinking I would get a home run, and bang, I got number three." For the game, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham right fielder had 4 hits in 5 at-bats, drove in 7 and scored 3 runs. Takahiro Kato hit an RBI single in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Jae-hyung Cho in the 3rd, hit a two-run home run off Jae-hyung Cho in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off Tatsuro Nakamura in the 6th and grounded out in the 8th. To date Kato has chalked up a .412 average with 22 home runs, driven in 66 runs and scored 47 times. |
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