Brooklyn's <a href=p1550.html>Mel Ott</a> slams three taters
 
BROOKLYN - <a href=p1550.html>Mel Ott</a> was in a 
groove, and the results spoke for themselves. He powered 
Brooklyn to a 12-1 win over Raleigh by homering three 
times. A 421 foot drive to right-center marked his 
1st bomb, a two-run homerun off <a href=p1633.html>Tim 
Lincecum</a> in the 1st inning. Number 2 in the 7th 
inning, a shot estimated at 433 feet, cleared the wall 
in center field. His 3rd shot, off <a href=p1295.html>Bill 
Salyer</a> in the 8th inning, was a two-run homerun 
and cleared the fence in left field. Overall he stroked 
3 hits in 5 AB, with three runs scored and driving 
in 5 runs. <a href=p1550.html>Mel Ott</a> was the last 
player to hit 3 homeruns in a game, doing it 7/9/2009. 
