Big Day with Bat: Hayashi 5-for-5
Even as a kid, <Soichiro Hayashi:player#9940> said his coaches told him the key to hitting was making contact, and letting everything else flow from there. At El Paso Park today, Hayashi showed how well he learned that lesson.

The 22-year-old third baseman had 5 hits in 5 at-bats for the <El Paso Express:team#29>, helping his team knock off the <Trenton Owls:team#34> by a score of 10-6.

"They always said, just keep your eye on the ball, don't overswing, make contact and you never know what will happen," he said. "That's all I did today."

<Soichiro Hayashi:player#9940> singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, tripled in the 5th, hit a two-run single in the 5th and singled in the 7th.

This season <Hayashi:player#9940> is hitting .439 with 100 hits, 3 home runs, 38 RBIs, scored 43 runs and played in 50 games.

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