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Nate Ames Wallops 3 Homers for Phillies Thursday, August 19th , 2032 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Nationals Park were taking cover all day long as Nate Ames zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the Philadelphia third baseman helped the Phillies take the victory, 8-5, over the Washington Nationals. "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 5 at-bats, drove in 4 and scored 4 runs. Nate Ames hit a solo-shot off Kory Carr in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Kory Carr in the 3rd, struck out in the 5th, hit a two-run home run off Nick Chittum in the 8th, struck out in the 11th and walked in the 13th. Ames is swinging at a .283 pace on the year with 46 home runs, 94 RBIs and 116 runs scored. He has played in 115 games. |
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