Big Day for Yamagata: Swats 5 Hits Thursday, August 14th , 2053 Mitsuo Yamagata was sizzling at the plate today. In a game played at Royalton Resorts, the San Cristobal second baseman blistered the Punta Cana Huracanes for 5 hits in 5 at-bats to pace his club to a 7-3 victory.
"Yamagata was too tough to get out today," Huracanes skipper Moises Castillo said in his postgame interview. "No matter what we threw him, he hit it. And he hit some good pitches, too."
Mitsuo Yamagata singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off Angelo Arrieta in the 6th, hit a two-run home run off Victor Ramirez in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.
This year Yamagata is hitting .286 with 10 home runs.