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Hiura continues strong start in AFL

Top Brewers prospect smacks go-ahead grand slam
Keston Hiura was a Carolina League midseason All-Star and played in the Futures Game. (Freek Bouw/Phrake Photography)
October 10, 2018

After putting together a strong postseason with Double-A Biloxi, Keston Hiura has carried that momentum to Arizona.The top Brewers prospect smacked a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, giving him seven RBIs in two Arizona Fall League games, as Peoria topped Glendale, 7-4, on Wednesday afternoon.

After putting together a strong postseason with Double-A Biloxi, Keston Hiura has carried that momentum to Arizona.
The top Brewers prospect smacked a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, giving him seven RBIs in two Arizona Fall League games, as Peoria topped Glendale, 7-4, on Wednesday afternoon.

Gameday box score
Hiura arrived in the AFL after hitting .314 with a homer and 10 RBIs in eight playoff contests as Biloxi fell to Jackson in four games in the best-of-5 Southern League Championship Series. In his Fall League debut on Tuesday, he delivered a three-run double as the Javelinas beat Glendale, 8-7.
In Wednesday's rematch, MLB.com's No. 30 overall prospect walked in the first and reached on an infield single leading off the fourth. With the score tied, 1-1, Peoria loaded the bases with one out in the seventh on a walk by Mariners catcher Joe DeCarlo and singles by Rays No. 25 prospectRyan Boldt and 13th-ranked Padres prospectBuddy Reed. Facing Yankees right-hander Kyle Zurak, Hiura sent a 2-1 pitch over the left-center field fence.
The blast made a winner of Padres right-hander Dauris Valdez (1-0), who worked around a pair of hits in a scoreless sixth. 
Reed and Braves No. 6 prospectCristian Pache had three hits apiece, with Pache scoring twice and driving in a run.
Orioles infielder Steve Wilkerson went 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored out of the leadoff spot for the Desert Dogs, while Dodgers first baseman Jared Walker hit a solo homer. Dodgers southpaw Ben Holmes started for Glendale and struck out four over three scoreless frames.
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