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Old 03-20-2019, 05:15 PM   #18
naterg1
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Peoria, AZ
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Kelvin Marin turned 29 one day after Arizona became an official state. He was excited for the opportunity to be part of the new baseball league. He was born and raised in Glendale, and had never been to Douglas before signing on with the Jackrabbits. He didn’t love the town right away, but it had grown on him over the past couple of months. Marin was known as a bit of a selfish player. The right-handed second baseman was viewed by scouts as a slightly above average hitter without much power, who was just ok in the field. The fans weren’t quite sure what to make of him at first either. That changed on May 16, when he gave them a night to remember at the ballpark.

Marin hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first to put his team ahead. It was a scorching line drive that cleared the fence easily.

With the score tied at one and a man in first in the bottom of the third, Marin blasted his second home run of the day. He got under this one a little bit more but it landed about 5 or 6 rows deep in the bleachers.

In the 4th inning, Marin came to bat with his team leading comfortably, with the score sitting at 6-1. Flagstaff brought in a new pitcher to face him, but he took the first pitch he saw out to left again for his third home run in as many at bats. The crowd cheered wildly and Marin came out to tip his hat to his fans.

Marin came up again in the 6th and got ahold of a 1-0 pitch. He drove it to right-center, where it hit the base of the wall. Marin couldn’t quite get that fourth home run but he did end up with a double. He walked in the 8th inning to complete an impressive effort, going 4-4 with 3 home runs, 4 runs scored, and 4 RBI.
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