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Bland Scorches Johnnys for 3 HR Saturday, June 24th , 2045 Merrill Bland brutalized the Knoxville Johnnys pitching staff, launching three home runs in today's 8-7 victory at The Quarantine. The Mile High Broncos right fielder was red-hot, the ball just exploding off his bat all day. "I don't try to hit homers," he said later. "I try to go out there and put a good swing on the ball, and sometimes it is going to go out of the park. I didn't try to hit the first one or the second one or the third one." For the game, he went 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs and 3 runs scored. "Too much Merrill Bland today," Johnnys manager Ron Shaw said. "That's my assessment of the game. That's what our problems boiled down to." Merrill Bland hit a two-run home run off Sandy Adams in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Sandy Adams in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off Sandy Adams in the 6th and struck out in the 8th. To date, Bland has collected 55 hits for a .342 average. He has posted 14 home runs, scored 44 runs and driven in 38 runs. |
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