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Dukes Pounds 3 HR Against Dragons
Wednesday, May 4th , 2005
Elijah Dukes brutalized the Dayton Dragons pitching staff, launching three home runs in the 9-8 Lancaster victory at Lancaster Municipal Stadium. The Lancaster JetHawks 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-5 with 8 RBIs and 3 runs scored.
"Too much Elijah Dukes today," Dragons manager D.J. Ortega said. "That's my assessment of the game. That's what our problems boiled down to."
Elijah Dukes hit a three-run home run off Edward Mujica in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Edward Mujica in the 3rd, grounded out in the 5th, flied out in the 7th and hit a three-run home run off Jim Unknown in the 9th.
Posting a .293 batting average to date, Dukes has 9 home runs and 26 RBIs.
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Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, May 2nd , 2005
Here are the current team power rankings for South Atlantic League:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Capital City Bombers (127.1, ++)
2) Fort Wayne Wizards (125.1, o)
3) Beloit Snappers (119.1, -)
4) Lancaster JetHawks (104.8, ++)
5) Asheville Tourists (103.8, -)
6) Dayton Dragons (96.3, -)
7) Hagerstown Suns (93.3, o)
8) Hickory Crawdads (89.7, -)
9) Macon Braves (81.7, o)
10) Lakewood BlueClaws (80.2, +)
11) Peoria Chiefs (70.2, o)
12) Clinton LumberKings (63.6, -)
13) Lansing Lugnuts (59.9, +)
14) Wilmington Waves (44.5, -)
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Fort Wayne Loses Ed Campusano, Will Miss Season
Monday, May 2nd , 2005
A blow for Ed Campusano today -- team doctors confirmed he will miss 9 months with a stretched elbow ligament. Campusano suffered the injury throwing a pitch. Although officials from the Fort Wayne Wizards are confident he'll make a full recovery, doubts will persist about Campusano's ability to return fully fit with an injury of this nature.
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