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Patino Socks It to Blue Pirates, Cracks 5 Hits: A jubilant Wilderd Patino joined the postgame press conference at Champion Stadium today to offer some unusual words of encouragement -- for the Toronto (GCL) Blue Pirates pitching staff he had just vanquished.
"It may not have looked like it," said the Chicago N (AZL) Cubs left fielder, "but I saw some awful good pitches today. If luck hadn't been on my side it might have turned out a lot different."
That would not have been the conclusion of anyone who saw his dominant 5-for-6 hitting performance, which led the Cubs to a 30-7 win.
"He made it look easy," said Don Wakamatsu, manager of the Blue Pirates. "We never figured out what to do with him. Obviously."
Wilderd Patino hit an RBI single in the 1st, walked in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 5th, grounded out in the 5th, singled in the 7th, hit a two-run home run off Nick DeTringo in the 7th and walked in the 9th.
Currently Patino is hitting .381 and has collected 17 home runs, 83 RBIs and scored 78 times, while playing in 69 games.
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"It may not have looked like it," said the Chicago N (AZL) Cubs left fielder, "but I saw some awful good pitches today. If luck hadn't been on my side it might have turned out a lot different."
That would not have been the conclusion of anyone who saw his dominant 5-for-6 hitting performance, which led the Cubs to a 30-7 win.
"He made it look easy," said Don Wakamatsu, manager of the Blue Pirates. "We never figured out what to do with him. Obviously."
Wilderd Patino hit an RBI single in the 1st, walked in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 5th, grounded out in the 5th, singled in the 7th, hit a two-run home run off Nick DeTringo in the 7th and walked in the 9th.
Currently Patino is hitting .381 and has collected 17 home runs, 83 RBIs and scored 78 times, while playing in 69 games.
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View Game Log