Ballard Strokes 5 Hits
It was almost a perfect day for <Chet Ballard:player#3762>. 

The <Alabama:team#3> left fielder displayed a hot bat today, enjoying an outstanding 5-hit day, but something was missing: The Yellowhammers lost to the <Oregon Explorers:team#75>, 7-4. Ballard told BNN reporters after the game that luck was "fickle."

Alabama manager Nick Holliday told the beat writers otherwise.

"There was no luck today," the skipper said. "He got 5 hits because he has a solid approach to hitting and he put it all together today, and we lost because the rest of us didn't put it together so well." 

<Chet Ballard:player#3762> singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, grounded out in the 5th, doubled in the 7th, singled in the 8th and singled in the 10th.

This season <Ballard:player#3762> is hitting .264 with 23 hits, 1 home run, 4 RBIs, scored 12 runs and played in 21 games.

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