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van de Ven Booms 3 Homers Wednesday, July 28th , 1999 Glenn van de Ven showed off his power as he launched three balls into the seats against the Lunar Dark Knights and sparked the 99ers to a win, 13-3. "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 Ballpark of Tokyo." For the day, van de Ven collected 4 hits in 5 at-bats, scored 4 runs and had 7 RBIs. "He was instant offense today," Tokyo skipper said. "Glenn really put on a show." Glenn van de Ven hit a two-run home run off Dan Mata in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, hit a two-run home run off David Papalia in the 5th, grounded out in the 6th and hit a three-run home run off Tony Hermilo in the 8th. This year, van de Ven is batting .325 with 5 home runs and 23 RBIs. In 44 games he has scored 16 times. |
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