Matthews Crashes 3 HR Against Kentucky
The old superstition that "bad news comes in threes" certainly came true for the <Kentucky Lions:team#7> today.

<Georgia:team#94> left fielder <Donnie Matthews:player#2783> tripled up on the home runs to propel the Titans to the 3-2 win at Lions Stadium.

"We had our chances to win the game, but we just didn't come through," Kentucky manager   said. "<Matthews:player#2783> hit the heck out of the ball."

In addition to the homers, <Matthews:player#2783> collected 4 hits in 5 at-bats, 3 RBIs and scored 3 runs.

"Easy swings get you home runs," he said after the game. "I kept telling myself not to press. They have to be nice and easy swings."

<Donnie Matthews:player#2783> singled in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off <Ichiro Koyama:player#11414> in the 5th, hit a solo-shot off <Ichiro Koyama:player#11414> in the 7th, struck out in the 9th and hit a solo-shot off <Vic Foster:player#5521> in the 12th.

In 80 games this season <Matthews:player#2783> is batting .258 with 71 hits and 12 home runs. He has scored 33 runs and driven in 33.