Alvarado Crashes 3 HR Against Saskatoon HS
<Houston HS:team#155> first baseman <Richard Alvarado:player#7970> blasted three homers today at Moose Park in the 14-3 Hornets victory over the <Saskatoon HS Moose:team#148>.

For the game, <Richard Alvarado:player#7970> scored 3 times and knocked in 6 runs. When he hit his last home run, his teammates, hearing the crack of the bat, leaped off the bench and rushed on the field to greet the jubilant <Alvarado:player#7970> when he reached home plate.

"It was just one game, but it sure was a lot of fun -- 3-for-6, three roundtrippers and a win," a gleeful Alvarado told BNN reporters in a postgame interview. "What a day."

<Richard Alvarado:player#7970> hit a two-run home run off <Bobby Newell:player#5899> in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off <Ryan Yeary:player#8067> in the 5th, hit a three-run home run off <Ryan Yeary:player#8067> in the 6th, struck out in the 7th and grounded out in the 9th.

Thus far in 2057 Alvarado is hitting .392 with 16 home runs, 49 RBIs, 40 runs scored and has compiled a .451 OBP.