van der Meer Blasts 3 into Bleachers
<Ramon van der Meer:player#12029> showed off his power today as he launched three balls into the seats against the <Delray Beach Grasshoppers:team#66> and sparked the Oceanics to a 18-3 victory.

"I got some good pitches to hit and turned on them real good," he told reporters in the postgame interview. "I have always liked to hit at Orlando Stadium."

For the day, van der Meer collected 4 hits in 5 at-bats, scored 4 runs and had 5 RBIs.

"He was instant offense today," <Orlando:team#57> skipper   said. "<Ramon:player#12029> really put on a show."

<Ramon van der Meer:player#12029> hit an RBI double in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off <Brian Carder:player#12382> in the 2nd, hit a two-run home run off <Hyo-jun Kim:player#10874> in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off <Gary Scheuble:player#12469> in the 5th, walked in the 6th and struck out in the 8th.

This year <van der Meer:player#12029> is hitting .303 with 41 home runs.