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Rodriguez's blast catapults Doubledays to victory
AUBURN - For the most part, the hits were hard to come by for the Auburn Doubledays in a game against Mahoning Valley on Sunday. But it only took one - the first and biggest of the game - for the Doubledays to set the tone early. With two runners on, via walks thrown by Scrappers' starter Ryan Miller, Auburn first baseman Manny Rodriguez ripped a first- inning, first-pitch breaking ball over the right-center field wall in Falcon Park to propel the Doubledays to a 6-4 win.
“With guys on first and second, I just tried to hit the ball well for one RBI,” Rodriguez said. “But it wound up being for three instead.”
“I think that Earl Weaver once said that three run home runs are hard to overcome,” Doubledays manager Dennis Holmberg added. “I'll take a three-run home run anytime. (Miller) hung that breaking ball and Manny's a good hitter. He doesn't miss too many mistakes. It went out there and it was a big spot on the scoreboard for us.”
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