Osvaldo Duarte (Greeneville 2015), Jarred Kelenic (Kingsport 2018), Mason Martin (Bristol 2018), pictured above, Patrick Mazeika (Kingsport 2015), and Oscar Mercado (Johnson City 2014) were standout performers on Tuesday.
Osvaldo Duarte (Greeneville 2015), Jarred Kelenic (Kingsport 2018), Mason Martin (Bristol 2018), pictured above, Patrick Mazeika (Kingsport 2015), and Oscar Mercado (Johnson City 2014) were standout performers on Tuesday.
Astros 2B Osvaldo Duarte , Double-A Corpus Christi: 4-for-4, HR, 2B, RBI, 3 R -- For the third time in his six-year career, Duarte had a perfect night at the plate as he fell a triple shy of the cycle. The 23-year-old led off the third inning with a grounder up the middle. After stealing second, he scored on a bloop single by Stephen Wrenn . In the fourth, Duarte laced a double to left field and swiped his second bag of the game. He singled again in the sixth and was raced home on a sacrifice fly by Astros No. 23 prospectAbraham Toro . The native of the Dominican Republic led off the eighth with a moonshot over the wall in left-center for his third dinger on the season and is 7-for-8 with three RBIs, three runs scored and three steals in his last two games.
Mariners OF Jarred Kelenic , Full Season A West Virginia: 2-for-4, 1 BB, 1 R -- Seattle's No. 2 prospect extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a double in the third inning of the Power's 10-3 romp over Columbia. He also walked and scored in a six-run second and singled in the seventh. Acquired from the Mets in the offseason trade involving Edwin Diaz and Robinson Canó , the sixth overall pick in last year's Draft is hitting .317/.427/.460 with a homer and nine RBIs in 16 South Atlantic League games.
Pirates 1B Mason Martin , Class A Greensboro: 3-for-4, HR, 2B, BB, 2 RBIs, 2 R -- The Pirates prospect went yard for the third straight game while also turning in his third consecutive multi-RBI effort. Martin laced a two-out double to center field off ninth-ranked Royals prospectKris Bubic in the first inning. The 19-year-old put the Grasshoppers on the board with a bloop single in the third, then got to Bubic again in the sixth with his fourth dinger of the season. After drawing a four-pitch walk to load the bases in the 10th, he scored on a grand slam by Zack Kone. Martin raised his average 33 points to .246 and has 10 RBIs in his last seven games.
Mets C Patrick Mazeika , Double-A Binghamton: 3-for-6, 2 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 R -- The 27th-ranked Mets prospect turned in his second multi-hit effort of the year to push the Rumble Ponies past Akron. Mazeika doubled in two runs as part of a four-run opening inning. In the fourth, he punched a single through the first side to load the bases and scored three batters later on a double by Ali Sanchez . The 2015 eight-round pick led off the fifth with a double to center as he extended his on-base streak to eight games.
Indians OF Oscar Mercado , Triple-A Columbus: 4-for-5, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBIs -- Cleveland's No. 19 prospect smacked his first International League homer on the first pitch from Norfolk's Luis Ortiz in the bottom of the first inning of the Clippers' 11-7 win. Mercado added a two-run double in the fourth and singled leading off the sixth. In 17 IL games, Mercado is hitting .361/.458/.574 with 10 RBIs.
