Rivas Cracks 3 HR for Wolves
<Ricardo Rivas:player#3158> showed off his power today as he launched three balls into the seats against the <Redington Beach Panic:team#63> and sparked the Wolves to a 15-1 victory.

"I got some good pitches to hit and turned on them real good," he told reporters in the postgame interview. "I have always liked to hit at Sarasota Stadium."

For the day, Rivas collected 4 hits in 5 at-bats, scored 3 runs and had 5 RBIs.

"He was instant offense today," <Sarasota:team#68> skipper   said. "<Ricardo:player#3158> really put on a show."

<Ricardo Rivas:player#3158> hit a solo-shot off <Richard Olthof:player#6825> in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, hit a two-run home run off <Ben Monck:player#9269> in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off <Alex Rojas:player#760> in the 7th.

So far this season <Rivas:player#3158> is batting .421 with 4 home runs.