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Eckhart Has Hot Hand, Bangs 5 hits Sunday, April 26th, 1970 A jubilant Joe Eckhart joined the postgame press conference at Ballpark of Austin HS today to offer some unusual words of encouragement -- for the Hammond HS Crows pitching staff he had just vanquished. "It may not have looked like it," said the Lee's Summit HS Keggers center 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-5 hitting performance, which led the Keggers to a 12-11 win. "He made it look easy," said , manager of the Crows. "We never figured out what to do with him. Obviously." Joe Eckhart hit an RBI single in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 5th, doubled in the 6th and hit an RBI single in the 8th. For the season, Eckhart is hitting at a .456 clip with 1 home run, 25 RBIs and has scored 23 runs. He has 41 hits, 21 walks and a .568 on-base percentage. View Boxscore |
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