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Thompson Wallops #500 Sunday, August 12th , 2046 Irvine first baseman Steve Thompson pounded a home run during the Gang Green 10-9 loss to Seattle yesterday. Despite the defeat, the long ball was a significant achievement and raised his career home run total to 500. "Some hitters never live up to the hype," said his manager. "Steve has definitely lived up to his. He's hammered the heck out of the ball year after year." The Irvine star went 2 hits for 5 at-bats during the game, scoring 1 run and had 2 runs batted in. In 1720 games Thompson has a career .286 batting average and a .341 on-base percentage. He has hit 500 home runs with 1448 RBIs and 1107 runs scored. View Boxscore View Game Log Watch Highlights |
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