Cherries Pitching Ravaged by Velayas
It's not something you read about in the sports pages every day -- a 5-for-5 day. For many, it might come around only once in a career -- and for <Steve Velayas:player#6461>, it came around today. 

The 23-year-old first baseman scattered hits all over Salem Stadium to pace the <Nampa Stampeders:team#100> to a 7-3 victory over the <Salem Cherries:team#28>. 

<Salem:team#28> skipper   told reporters in the press room that "Velayas deserves a hat-tip."

"He hit some good pitches against us," he said. "In fact, according to our scouting reports, Velayas hit several that he is not supposed to be able to hit." 

<Steve Velayas:player#6461> hit an RBI double in the 1st, hit a three-run home run off <Will Gittleman:player#7025> in the 2nd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

So far this season <Velayas:player#6461> has put up a .229 batting average with 24 hits, 4 home runs and 15 RBIs.

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