Wednesday, May 15th , 2052
Today was a special one for Banazir Dogwood of the Misty Mountain Hops as he slammed three home runs in the 9-7 Hops win over the Dead Marshes Uruk-hai.
“Lately, I’ve been uppercutting the ball too much,” he said to sportswriters after the game. “I would hit it hard, but they just went sky high and stayed in the ballpark. No big long outs for me in this game. I leveled out my swing and connected on the sweet spot. I knew they were gone the minute I hit ’em.”
The Misty Mountain center fielder collected 3 hits in 5 at-bats, drove in 4, and scored 3 runs in the contest at Uruk-hai Field.
Banazir Dogwood hit a solo-shot off Pervinca Woodenguard in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off Igbub Eyeslobberer in the 3rd, flied out in the 4th, hit a two-run home run off Dromzug the Atrocious in the 6th and grounded out in the 8th.
This year, Dogwood has collected a .366 batting average to date with 52 hits in 142 at-bats, 30 RBIs, 8 home runs and scored 27 times. He has played in 38 games.