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Great Day for Vardiman -- 5 Hits: It was a downpour of hits for Jaden Vardiman at PETCO Park today.%0A%0AThe San Leandro HS Padres left fielder tore into Renton HS for 5 hits in 6 at-bats to pace the Padres to a rain-delayed 16-12 victory. Renton HS manager bemoaned his pitching%2C speculating his club got flustered by Vardiman%27s big day.%0A%0A%22He was beating us and we stopped locating well%2C%22 he said. %22That makes you get behind in the count and you can%27t do that when a guy is hot like Vardiman was today. Not to take anything away from him%2C but bad location was the story of the ballgame.%22%0A%0AJaden Vardiman grounded out in the 1st%2C hit an RBI single in the 3rd%2C singled in the 4th%2C hit an RBI double in the 5th%2C hit an RBI double in the 7th and singled in the 8th.%0A%0A%0A%0AView Boxscore%0A