Casas Bombs 3 HR Against New Orleans HS
<Modesto HS Navigators:team#136> right fielder <Jose Casas:player#7898> put on a dazzling display of power today at Locomotives Stadium against the <New Orleans HS Locomotives:team#142>. In the 19-3 Navigators victory <Casas:player#7898> penned his name into the record books, slamming a trio of home runs in one of baseball's finest single-day efforts.

"He can hit them out anywhere, right, center, left, it doesn't matter," <New Orleans HS:team#142> manager   said. "He's super strong and stays on the ball so well."

Along with his three home runs, the 15-year-old had 4 hits in 6 at-bats, 5 RBIs and 4 runs scored. 

"Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off," Casas said after the game, when asked about his hitting philosophy. "The right pitch will come, and when it does, be prepared to run the bases. Or trot around them, like I did today."

<Jose Casas:player#7898> hit a two-run home run off <Dustin Makris:player#8830> in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, grounded out in the 4th, struck out in the 6th, hit a two-run home run off <Gabe Luth:player#8812> in the 8th and hit a solo-shot off <Jesse Krimmer:player#940> in the 9th.

This season <Casas:player#7898> has hit at a .448 clip with 13 RBIs, 6 home runs and 10 runs scored.