The Seattle Times: The Blotter: Man assaulted with bat, robbed near First and Pike

A man was assaulted and robbed early this morning by three men armed with a baseball bat, police said.

The victim was walking back to his hotel from a restaurant on Queen Anne around 2:30 a.m. when he was attacked in a parking lot near First Avenue and Pike Street.

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The victim told police he was struck with a baseball bat and didn't see the assailants' faces. One of the men tried to take the victim's cell phone, but the victim was able to kick the man in the face.

The three men fled with