LaPointe 5-for-7 for Savannah
<Pat LaPointe:player#9939> was at the head of a <Savannah:team#108> hit parade today at Venom Field. The center fielder went to the plate 7 times and came away with 5 hits, sparking the Storm to a 17-9 victory over the <Flagstaff Venom:team#30>. 

"I told the guys in the dugout, just be thinking about hitting the ball hard somewhere," the sweet-swinging LaPointe told reporters after the game. "Seems like it worked out well for us today."

Venom skipper   said later that the club gave up "too much plate." 

"Not the way we planned it," he said. "Every hitter in the league will rip you when you do that."

<Pat LaPointe:player#9939> hit a solo-shot off <Jim Unknown:player#-28> in the 1st, grounded out in the 1st, hit an RBI double in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th, singled in the 8th and grounded out in the 9th.

This year <LaPointe:player#9939> has hit 6 home runs and posted a .324 batting average.

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