SAUGET, Ill. -- A minor-league baseball player hit a grand slam, only to find the ball smashed the windshield of his truck. The Gateway Grizzlies of Sauget said Brandon Thomas hit the homer during Sunday's game against the Joliet Slammers. The 25-year-old outfielder sent the ball sailing into the parking lot, where his 2008 black Toyota Tundra was. Thomas said he didn't realize what happened until players in the dugout were laughing a couple of innings later and told him.
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