P-Nats' Robles finishes triple shy of cycle

Over the past couple of seasons, Victor Robles has gained a reputation for being one of baseball's most complete young players. On Sunday afternoon, he showed why. 
The Nationals' top prospect finished a triple shy of a cycle, tied a career high with four runs scored and drove in a pair as Class A Advanced Potomac edged Wilmington, 8-7, at Frawley Stadium.

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"He's got all the potential in the world," Potomac hitting coach Luis Ordaz said. "And now he's getting comfortable and ready for the season. It's been cold the past couple of days, but now he's starting to get a feel for things, and when he's on time that kid is unbelievable. He's going to hit for power and average and use the whole field."
Robles kicked the P-Nats into gear by smacking a leadoff double to left field in the first inning and coming around to score on Bryan Mejia's double. In the second, Robles created another run by drawing a four-pitch walk, stealing second and scoring on Mejia's single. 
"His bat speed is real," Ordaz said. "The way it flows is unbelievable, and when he stays on the ball he does a lot of damage. He can do everything. When we need him on base, he'll do whatever he can to get on. He's a really smart kid and picks up on things fast."
After putting his speed and plate discipline on display in his first two at-bats, Robles flexed his power in his third trip to the plate when he sent a 1-1 offering from Emilio Ogando over the fence in left in the fourth.
"He's still a baby, but he's strong already and getting stronger everyday," Ordaz said of MLB.com's No. 6 overall prospect. "In that at-bat, the way he hit that ball showed off a lot of raw power because the ball doesn't carry here, especially when it goes to left field. Even going back to last year, he hit some missiles all over the field and it made you go, 'Wow!"
Robles scored for the fourth time after singling up the middle ahead of Ian Sagdal's homer in the sixth. 
"He's going to score a lot of runs. He can use his eye, his bat -- when he's on base he will score," Ordaz said. "With the kind of tools he has, at his age, it's pretty cool. He has the potential to be a guy who scores 100 runs when he gets to the big leagues."
Robles spent most of last season between Class A Hagerstown and Potomac, with a brief rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. Across the three levels, the native of the Dominican Republic compiled a .280/.376/.423 slash line with nine homers, 42 RBIs, and 37 stolen bases in 110 games. 
"When Victor got here last year, he had to make some adjustments," Ordaz noted. "We don't have many teams in the league, so he had to get used to going up against the same pitchers and how they would plan for him. But once he got comfortable and started having fun, he picked it up.

"He's always learning. That kid just wants to learn and learn every day. We say to him he needs to learn something new every day and he's such a good listener because he wants to learn as fast as he can."
Nationals No. 18 prospect Kelvin Gutierrez finished 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI. 
Reliever Matthew Crownover (1-0) got the win, yielding one run on two hits with three strikeouts in three innings. R.C. Orlan notched his first save after giving up a run on three hits and walk while fanning one over the final two frames.
Jared Ruxer (0-1) surrendered two runs on five hits in three innings for the Blue Rocks.