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Wild Riders Yacker Smacks 6 Hits: South Whittier HS Wild Riders second baseman Steve Yacker had a day to remember at Ballpark of Wichita HS today%2C ripping apart the Newport Beach HS Heroes and sparking the Wild Riders to a 26-9 victory.%0A%0AYacker wrote his name in the record books with a 6-hit barrage%2C finishing his special day 6-for-8. %0A%0A%22I%27m usually a first ball hitter%2C%22 Yacker told BNN reporters in the postgame press conference. %22I think pitchers think batters are going to let the first one go by. I never do. I%27ve always found that it%27s better to pull the trigger early in the count. Pitchers get real nasty when they get ahead of you%2C so I try to avoid it.%22%0A%0ASteve Yacker doubled in the 1st%2C hit an RBI single in the 2nd%2C hit a two-run single in the 3rd%2C grounded out in the 5th%2C hit a two-run double in the 6th%2C hit an RBI single in the 7th%2C singled in the 8th and flied out in the 8th.%0A%0AThis season Yacker is batting .400 with 12 hits and no home runs. He has scored 10 times and has 7 RBI.%0A%0AView Boxscore%0A