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When it rains, it pours for Kwaku Boateng.

And when the Edmonton Eskimos defensive end is storming through an offensive line, it’s usually the poor quarterback left holding the bag.

Or sack, in this case.

And you might as well make it plural, while you’re at it, with the way Boateng’s been getting them in bunches this season.

“Honestly, it just comes down to the D-line that I play with,” said the six-foot-two, 257-pound Wilfrid Laurier product. “I’m just lucky to be in those situations I am in, to be honest with you.”

Boateng is coming off his second three-sack hat-trick of the season in Saturday’s 28-15 loss to the East Division-leading Ottawa RedBlacks.

The other one came in a win over the Montreal Alouettes in Week 7, after opening the door with a pair of sacks in a victory against the B.C. Lionis in Week 3, on his way to leading the team and sitting tied for third overall in sacks.

So it’s been feast or famine on his way to leading the Eskimos with eight on the year to sit tied for third overall.