Rivera Belts 5 Hits
5 hits in 6 at-bats. It doesn't happen every day, and when it does, it's exciting. Today <Manny Rivera:player#2692> of the <Nampa Stampeders:team#100> had a sensational game against <Salem:team#28> at Salem Stadium. He rifled base hits all over the ballpark in his team's 12-2 shellacking of the Cherries. In the postgame press conference he joked, "Heck, that's a week's worth of hitting for me and I did ,it all in one day. I guess I can take the rest of the week off. Right, skipper?" <Manny Rivera:player#2692> hit a solo-shot off <Ira Speechley:player#600> in the 1st, flied out in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, hit an RBI single in the 5th, hit a two-run single in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

This season <Rivera:player#2692> is hitting .273 with 9 home runs.