Multi-HR Day for Tanaka as Steelheads Overpower Warhawks, 11-2
The <Idaho Steelheads:team#92> bested the <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> by a score of 11-2, with designated hitter <Sadao Tanaka:player#2813> getting the main credit. On the day, Tanaka was 3-4 with 2 home runs and a walk. He drove in 5 runs and scored twice for the Steelheads. <Orlando Trejo:player#7181>, the winner, improved to 6-2. He held the Warhawks to 2 earned runs on 5 hits over 6 innings, while striking out 8 and walking 1. The third-place Steelheads lifted their record to 71-69.

<Edgardo Galindo:player#10471> went 2 for 5 with 2 singles. He scored 2 runs and drove in 2 for Idaho. In the bottom of the third, with the teams deadlocked, 1-1, Galindo delivered for the Steelheads. His run-scoring  ground out put Idaho on top, 2-1.

<Illinois:team#74> manager <Paul Nicholls:manager#44> called the blowout loss "a real stinker." 



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