Rosario's bat, wheels help Rafters earn tie

With hits in every Arizona Fall League game he's played, Eddie Rosario has been a force at the plate for the Salt River Rafters. His legs are starting to heat up, too.

The Twins' No. 10 prospect posted his second straight three-hit night and stole two bases to key a sixth-inning rally Friday as Salt River battled to a 3-3 tie with Peoria.

Rosario, who leads the AFL with a .455 batting average, extending his season-long hitting streak to seven games with a single in the third. Three innings later, he sparked a rally with a one-out single. With D-backs No. 6 prospect Brandon Drury at the plate, Rosario stole second base and followed Drury's walk by swiping third.

"I see the count, 2-1, good moment to steal, so I went and tried to steal the base," he said. D-backs No. 7 prospect Peter O'Brien also walked and Rosario came home on a groundout by Rockies farmhand Ryan Casteel to get the Rafters within 3-2.

With one out in the ninth, Salt River pulled even when Marlins prospect Austin Nola singled home Andrew Aplin (Astros).

"You play every day to win the game," Rosario said. "It's a good team. I like the team. The focus is to win the game."

The Rafters loaded the bases with two outs in the 10th, but Aplin struck out against Cardinals No. 13 prospect Sam Tuivailala.

With two outs in the 11th and final inning, Rosario reached on an infield single for his third hit of the night.

"I looked to make contact with the ball and hit it hard," he said.

The 23-year-old outfielder already has six multi-hit games in Arizona and boasts a .455/.441/.485 slash line.

Four relievers kept the Javelinas off the board for the final six innings.

Indians prospect Jordan Smith hit a two-run single for Peoria, while Royals top prospect Raul Mondesi tripled, doubled and drove in the other run.

Friday night's deadlock was the third in the AFL employing a pitch clock as part of an experiment to speed up the game. For the first time, neither team committed a pitch clock violation.