Reid Cracks 3 HR for Bridegrooms
<Brad Reid:player#10903> went yard three times in a <Maryland Bridegrooms:team#76> victory over the <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> at Bridegrooms Stadium today.

"I was in a groove," he said. "Every pitch they tossed up there looked like a grapefruit."

For the day, the <Maryland:team#76> right fielder went 3-for-5 against <Illinois:team#74> with 4 RBIs and 3 runs scored in a brilliant display of power hitting that led the Bridegrooms to the 8-7 win.

"I tell you what. I'm shocked because I didn't think that last ball had enough to get out," he told BNN reporters in the clubhouse following the game. "I thought it was just going to be a long out."

<Brad Reid:player#10903> struck out in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off <Cristóbal Marín:player#11906> in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off <Robby Hess:player#1292> in the 5th, struck out in the 7th and hit a two-run home run off <Jesús García:player#8107> in the 9th.

This year <Reid:player#10903> is batting .189 with 6 home runs. He has scored 11 runs and driven in 8.