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 | Hat Trick of Home Runs for Flores Tuesday, April 23rd , 2041 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Orange Kings Park were taking cover all day long as Oscar Flores zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Mexico City College second baseman helped the Skeeters take the victory, 19-5, over the Mixco College Orange Kings. "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 4 hits in 4 at-bats, drove in 8 and scored 3 runs. Oscar Flores hit a three-run home run off Salvador Aguilar in the 2nd, hit a two-run double in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off Kyle Geiger in the 5th and hit a two-run home run off Eddie Torres in the 7th. On the year, Flores is hitting .335 with 60 hits, 16 home runs, 59 RBIs, .415 OBP and has scored 39 runs. |   |
