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 | Swing! Swang! Swung! Rivera Smashes 3 HR Thursday, March 23rd , 2045 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Keys Park were taking cover all day long as Julio Rivera zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Laval College catcher helped the Keys take the victory, 17-1, over the Zapopan College Golden Panthers. "I told myself not to press on the last one," he told reporters in the postgame press conference. "I knew I couldn't force it -- it has to be a nice easy swing." For the game, he collected 3 hits in 4 at-bats, drove in 8 and scored 3 runs. Julio Rivera hit a three-run home run off Ricky Chamorro in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Ricky Chamorro in the 3rd, walked in a run in the 3rd, hit a three-run home run off Alejandro Herrera in the 5th and struck out in the 7th. Rivera currently has a .351 batting average with 27 hits, 15 homers, 35 RBIs, 20 runs scored and a .462 OBP. |   |
