Ramírez on Fire: Burns St. Louis with 3 HR
It was a special day for <José Ramírez:player#8635>, but less so for the <Rochester Spartans:team#15>.

Ramírez slammed three home runs against the <St. Louis Sportsman:team#10>, but the Sportsman outhit him and got the win by a score of 10-8.

"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 <Rochester:team#15> first baseman finished the day at Sportsman Park with 4 hits in 5 at-bats, 4 runs batted in and 3 runs scored.

<José Ramírez:player#8635> hit a two-run home run off <Wilbert Lockhart:player#6954> in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off <Wilbert Lockhart:player#6954> in the 3rd, grounded out in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off <Doug Bowen:player#11595> in the 7th and singled in the 9th.

So far on the season Ramírez is hitting .274 with 12 home runs, 45 RBIs and 38 runs scored. He has 57 hits and played in 53 games.