5-Hit Blitz by Hartford's Rodriguez
It was a high-five day for <Melvin Rodriguez:player#6198>, at least for a while.

The <Hartford:team#50> left fielder got plenty of them from his teammates when he reached the five-hit milestone during today's game against the <Carlsbad Bad Apples:team#42>, but they were in short supply at the end, as Carlsbad took a 13-8 win. Rodriguez finished with an impressive 5-for-5 line, but the Yard Goats couldn't hold off the Bad Apples.

"<Melvin:player#6198> was hitting everything," said Yard Goats manager  . "It's too bad the other guys couldn't rise to the occasion."

<Melvin Rodriguez:player#6198> singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off <Ken McDonald:player#3038> in the 8th.

<Rodriguez:player#6198> is hitting .280 in 2054 with 11 RBIs and 3 home runs.

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