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Olsen Swats 3 Homers Thursday, July 8th , 2049 His swing was a thing of beauty. Three times Tim Olsen swung the bat and three times he delivered a home run. It was an awesome sight to behold at Aces Ballpark, but to no avail, for as good as he was, the Reno Aces were better. The Syracuse Chiefs couldn't capitalize on the big game from Olsen and dropped the contest 8-6. The mood in the Chiefs clubhouse afterward was subdued, with several players remarking that they had allowed the Aces to spoil the day for Olsen. "Some of the boys are beating themselves up about it," Syracuse manager Jaren Matthews said. "They know we win as a team and lose as a team, but it's hard to really put that idea into practice on a day when one of you was playing on such an obviously higher level." In addition to the homers, Olsen collected 4 RBIs and scored 3 runs. "I got three pitches down the pipe and popped them," the Syracuse left fielder told reporters. "Today I was in a groove. Tomorrow I could just pop the same pitches up and go 0-for-3." Tim Olsen grounded out in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off Takaaki Nakada in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off Takaaki Nakada in the 5th, walked in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off Afanasy Apatenko in the 9th. Posting a .324 batting average to date, Olsen has 10 home runs and 38 RBIs. |
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