Cuellar Goes Downtown 3 Times Against Lumberjacks
The old superstition that "bad news comes in threes" certainly came true for the <Grand Junction Lumberjacks:team#45> today.

<Corpus Christi:team#47> center fielder <Luis Cuellar:player#12249> tripled up on the home runs to propel the Hooks to the 14-5 win at Lumberjacks Ballpark.

"We had our chances to win the game, but we just didn't come through," Grand Junction manager   said. "<Cuellar:player#12249> hit the heck out of the ball."

In addition to the homers, <Cuellar:player#12249> collected 3 hits in 5 at-bats, 8 RBIs and scored 4 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."

<Luis Cuellar:player#12249> flied out in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off <James Salkin:player#10599> in the 2nd, hit a two-run home run off <Xavier Morales:player#1081> in the 3rd, hit a GRAND SLAM off <Xavier Morales:player#1081> in the 4th, walked in the 5th and grounded out in the 7th.

This year <Cuellar:player#12249> has 11 home runs and a .328 batting average.