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Chopp Sizzles -- Smokes Jacks for 5 Hits: The Ventura HS Annihilators stopped the Victorville HS Jacks by a score of 15-9 at Ballpark of Oakland HS today%2C with the lion%27s share of the credit going to first baseman Nick Chopp. The 17-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 Chopp said later. %22He wants to hit the ball hard.%22%0A%0AChopp did just that in his 6 at-bats%2C much to the chagrin of the Jacks.%0A%0A%22Not much that I can say%2C%22 offered Victorville HS manager . %22He just hammered the heck out of us.%22 %0A%0ANick Chopp tripled in the 1st%2C hit an RBI single in the 2nd%2C singled in the 3rd%2C struck out in the 5th%2C hit an RBI single in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 8th.%0A%0AThus far in 1970 Chopp is hitting .474 with no home runs%2C 15 RBIs%2C 17 runs scored and has compiled a .544 OBP.%0A%0AView Boxscore%0A