Tapia continues hitting tear for Isotopes

Raimel Tapia hasn't let a return to Triple-A slow him down.
It appears to have made him even more determined to get back to the Major Leagues, and that's bad news for Pacific Coast League pitchers.
Tapia extended his hitting streak to 12 games with two doubles and a single in Albuquerque's 5-2 win over El Paso on Friday night at Southwest University Park.
The Rockies' No. 5 prospect is hitting .414 with nine extra-base hits and 10 RBIs during his hitting streak, which includes nine multi-hit efforts.

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The hot stretch comes after Tapia reached the big leagues for the second time on April 14. He went hitless in seven at-bats and was returned to the Isotopes four days later.
On Friday, the 23-year-old who is the 83rd-ranked prospect by MLB.com, wasted no time extending his hitting streak, lining a single to center field off  Matt Magill to begin the game. Tapia collected his first double to left with one out in the third, but was stranded. After striking out in the fifth, he doubled to start the seventh and scored on a groundout by Derrik Gibson. Tapia grounded out in his final at-bat, denying his first four-hit game of 2017.

A career .317 hitter entering this season, Tapia is batting .388/.423/.571 with 15 extra-base hits, 16 RBIs and 19 runs in 21 games with Albuquerque. With 12 doubles, Tapia is tied for the PCL lead with Iowa's Jeimer Candelario, the Cubs' fourth-ranked prospect. 

Rockies No. 20 prospect Jordan Patterson hit a two-run homer, his fifth of the season, to give the Isotopes a 3-2 lead in the sixth.
Starter Zach Jemiola (3-2) allowed one hit in five innings, but surrendered two runs and a season-high five walks while striking out four.
Padres' ninth-ranked prospectCarlos Asuaje stole home on the front end of a double steal in the fourth for El Paso's first run.
Magill (2-2) was tagged four runs, six hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five-plus innings for the Chihuahuas.