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Martinez: 5-for-5 with three runs, 7 RBIs

Friday, July 16, 2004

SEATTLE (AP) -- Victor Martinez was struggling over the last couple of weeks so he asked his batting coach Eddie Murray for some advice. "He told me one thing that I really appreciated," Martinez said. "He told me, 'Relax. Don't try to kill the ball." Martinez then had a game that would impress even a Hall of Famer with 504 career home runs: He hit three of the Cleveland Indians' club record-tying eight homers and drove in a career-high seven runs in an 18-6 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Fri ...

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