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3-Homer Hat Trick for Pujols:
Fans seated in the bleacher section at Siebert Field were taking cover all day long as Albert Pujols zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power.
The big game from the Minnesota left fielder helped the Golden Gophers take the victory, 11-5, over the Iowa Hawkeyes.
"I told myself not to press on the last one," he told reporters in the postgame press conference. "I knew I couldn't force it -- it has to be a nice easy swing."
For the game, he collected 3 hits in 4 at-bats, drove in 7 and scored 3 runs.
Albert Pujols grounded out in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Al Orth in the 4th, hit a three-run home run off Al Orth in the 5th, walked in the 7th and hit a three-run home run off Marty Powers in the 8th.
In 10 games this season Pujols has batted at a .395 pace with 15 hits and 5 home runs.3-Homer Hat Trick for Pujols: Fans seated in the bleacher section at Siebert Field were taking cover all day long as Albert Pujols zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power.
The big game from the Minnesota left fielder helped the Golden Gophers take the victory, 11-5, over the Iowa Hawkeyes.
"I told myself not to press on the last one," he told reporters in the postgame press conference. "I knew I couldn't force it -- it has to be a nice easy swing."
For the game, he collected 3 hits in 4 at-bats, drove in 7 and scored 3 runs.
Albert Pujols grounded out in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Al Orth in the 4th, hit a three-run home run off Al Orth in the 5th, walked in the 7th and hit a three-run home run off Marty Powers in the 8th.
In 10 games this season Pujols has batted at a .395 pace with 15 hits and 5 home runs.
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