Ed Stokes Strokes 3 Home Runs
It was a special day for <Ed Stokes:player#10266>, but less so for the <Wilmington Eagles:team#24>.

Stokes slammed three home runs against the <Raleigh Explorers:team#17>, but the Explorers outhit him and got the win by a score of 8-7.

"Lately, I been uppercutting the ball too much. I would hit it hard, but they just went sky high and stayed in the ballpark," he said to sportswriters after the game. "No big long outs for me in this game -- I leveled out my swing and connected on the sweet spot three times. I knew they were gone the minute I hit 'em."

The <Wilmington:team#24> right fielder finished the day at Raleigh Field with 4 hits in 5 at-bats, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored.

<Ed Stokes:player#10266> flied out in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off <Cristián Herrera:player#11571> in the 4th, singled in the 5th, hit a two-run home run off <Cristián Herrera:player#11571> in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off <Juan Ríos:player#11624> in the 9th.

So far this year Stokes is batting .349 with 29 home runs, 65 RBIs and 55 runs scored. 