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Going, Going, Gone! Martin Hits 3 Homers Tuesday, April 14th , 1959 Houston Drillers third baseman Phil Martin left the Seattle pitching staff in ruins at Puget Field today, beating the Emeralds 16-7 with a prodigious three-home run performance. "The last one was totally unexpected," Martin told reporters at the press conference following his big game. "I just wanted to make good contact, never thinking I would get a home run, and bang, I got number three." For the game, the Houston third baseman had 4 hits in 6 at-bats, drove in 5 and scored 3 runs. Phil Martin struck out in the 1st, struck out in the 2nd, hit a three-run home run off Chuck Hentschel in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off Mike Bell in the 5th, hit a solo-shot off Mike Bell in the 7th and singled in the 8th. |
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