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Porter Joins 3-HR Club Wednesday, May 26th , 2032 Fans seated in the bleacher section at John Smith Field were taking cover all day long as Sidney Porter zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Sacramento State second baseman helped the Hornets take the victory, 11-3, over the UC Irvine Anteaters. "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 5 at-bats, drove in 6 and scored 3 runs. Sidney Porter flied out in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Justin Hester in the 3rd, flied out in the 4th, hit a two-run home run off Mateo van der Meijden in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off Jong-yong Yi in the 8th. In his stats this season, Porter has posted a batting average of .329 with 47 hits in 143 at-bats, 8 home runs and 31 RBIs. He has also scored 33 runs, walked 6 times and compiled a .381 OBP. |
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