Richardson Strokes 3 HR Against Phoenix HS
<Joe Richardson:player#8140> brutalized the <Phoenix HS Fire Ants:team#160> pitching staff, launching three home runs in today's 16-7 victory at Ballpark of Phoenix HS. The <New Orleans HS Locomotives:team#142> third baseman 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-4 with 6 RBIs and 3 runs scored.

"Too much <Joe Richardson:player#8140> today," Fire Ants manager   said. "That's my assessment of the game. That's what our problems boiled down to."

<Joe Richardson:player#8140> hit a solo-shot off <Paullo Consolado:player#7513> in the 2nd, flied out in the 3rd, hit a GRAND SLAM off <Ryan Buck:player#6445> in the 5th, walked in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off <Luis Fernandez:player#12351> in the 8th.

To date, <Richardson:player#8140> has collected 25 hits for a .362 average. He has posted 9 home runs, scored 22 runs and driven in 25 runs.