Cobras Gustafson Smacks 5 Hits
<Rusty Gustafson:player#2598> put on a hitting clinic today as the <Glendale Cobras:team#16> dumped the <Cleveland Attack:team#21> 24-4 at Cleveland Ballpark.

The Glendale second baseman made Cleveland defenders earn their pay, lashing <Cleveland:team#21> pitching for 5 hits in 7 at-bats in the game. He told BNN reporters after the game that his strategy was "just hit it where they pitched it." 

"Too often I try too hard to pull the ball," Gustafson said in his postgame press conference. "Today, I just went with the pitch."

<Rusty Gustafson:player#2598> hit a solo-shot off <Bob Turner:player#11070> in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, grounded out in the 3rd, hit a two-run single in the 4th, singled in the 6th, grounded out in the 7th and hit an RBI double in the 8th.

For the year <Gustafson:player#2598> has hit .352 with 1 home run, 15 RBIs and scored 19 runs.

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