Monroe Goes on Rampage Against Express
<Steve Monroe:player#7556> was at the head of a <Albuquerque:team#27> hit parade today at High Rock Park. The left fielder went to the plate 5 times and came away with 5 hits, sparking the Scorpion Kings to a 17-5 victory over the <El Paso Express:team#29>. 

"I told the guys in the dugout, just be thinking about hitting the ball hard somewhere," the sweet-swinging Monroe told reporters after the game. "Seems like it worked out well for us today."

Express skipper   said later that the club gave up "too much plate." 

"Not the way we planned it," he said. "Every hitter in the league will rip you when you do that."

<Steve Monroe:player#7556> hit a two-run single in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, singled in the 5th, hit a two-run double in the 6th and walked in the 8th.

This year <Monroe:player#7556> has hit at a .359 pace and produced 23 RBIs, 2 home runs and scored 10 runs.

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