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Leming Smacks 5 Hits for Thunderbears: The Rancho Cordova HS Thunderbears stopped the Newport Beach HS Heroes by a score of 21-8 at Thunderbears Ballpark today%2C with the lion%27s share of the credit going to right fielder Chris Leming. The 15-year-old had a career day%2C collecting 5 hits.%0A%0A%22Every batter wants to have a quality at-bat every time he steps up to the plate%2C%22 Leming said later. %22He wants to hit the ball hard.%22%0A%0ALeming did just that in his 7 at-bats%2C much to the chagrin of the Heroes.%0A%0A%22Not much that I can say%2C%22 offered Newport Beach HS manager . %22He just hammered the heck out of us.%22 %0A%0AChris Leming hit an RBI single in the 1st%2C hit an RBI single in the 2nd%2C singled in the 3rd%2C flied out in the 4th%2C hit an RBI triple in the 6th%2C singled in the 7th and grounded out in the 8th.%0A%0ALeming is swinging at a .390 pace on the year with no home runs%2C 18 RBIs and 18 runs scored. He has played in 15 games. %0A%0AView Boxscore%0A