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Posada Powers 3 HR Against St. Louis Monday, October 11th , 2038 Fans seated in the bleacher section at Busch Stadium were taking cover all day long as Juan Posada zeroed in on them, rattling three long blasts off the seats in a display of Herculean power. The big game from the New York shortstop helped the Mets take the victory, 13-1, over the St. Louis Cardinals. "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 5 and scored 3 runs. Juan Posada hit a two-run home run off Gabe Hoffman in the 2nd, grounded out in the 3rd, hit a two-run home run off Joseph Yabbour in the 6th, hit a solo-shot off Andy Lawson in the 8th and flied out in the 9th. So far this year, Posada is batting .228 with 27 home runs, 73 RBIs and 70 runs scored. |
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