Puckett Cracks 3 HR for Sluggers
<Louisville:team#18> second baseman <Steve Puckett:player#11684> blasted three homers today at Louisville Park in the 7-6 Sluggers victory over the <Colorado Springs Avalanche:team#14>.

For the game, <Steve Puckett:player#11684> scored 3 times and knocked in 5 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 <Puckett:player#11684> when he reached home plate.

"It was just one game, but it sure was a lot of fun -- 3-for-5, three roundtrippers and a win," a gleeful Puckett told BNN reporters in a postgame interview. "What a day."

<Steve Puckett:player#11684> flied out in the 2nd, hit a three-run home run off <Riemer van Rhee:player#11952> in the 4th, grounded out in the 6th, hit a solo-shot off <Jon Douglas:player#7679> in the 8th and hit a solo-shot off <Manh-Dung Khuc:player#11895> in the 10th.

This year <Puckett:player#11684> has hit at a .214 clip with 34 RBIs, 13 home runs and 29 runs scored.