Machida Bashes 5 Base Hits
<Yonetoshi Machida:player#11390> was sizzling at the plate today. In a game played at St. Petersburg Park, the <Sanford:team#58> center fielder blistered the <St. Petersburg Crocodiles:team#61> for 5 hits in 6 at-bats to pace his club to a 16-10 victory. 

"Machida was too tough to get out today," Crocodiles skipper   said in his postgame interview. "No matter what we threw him, he hit it. And he hit some good pitches, too."

<Yonetoshi Machida:player#11390> struck out in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI double in the 4th, hit an RBI single in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th and singled in the 8th.

This season <Machida:player#11390> is batting .377 with 8 home runs. He has scored 96 runs and driven in 62.

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