Hitting Streak Still Alive for Mercado
<Cesar Mercado:player#8157> of the <Coeur D'Alene Miners:team#101> has now hit safely in 25 straight games. He socked 1 hit in today's 8-1 triumph over <Spokane:team#97> at Miners Field.

"25 games is a big chunk of the year, isn't it?" Mercado said to reporters. "It's hard to wrap your head around."
<Cesar Mercado:player#8157> flied out in the 1st, flied out in the 3rd, struck out in the 5th and singled in the 7th.

To date, <Mercado:player#8157> has collected 137 hits for a .316 average. He has posted 13 home runs, scored 63 runs and driven in 63 runs.