Salt River had the best batting average in the Arizona Fall League coming into Thursday's game. A pair of D-backs prospects ensured the Rafters kept right on rattling at the plate.Arizona's No. 3 prospectJazz Chisholm and ninth-ranked Drew Ellis both fell a triple shy of the cycle with four RBIs
Salt River had the best batting average in the Arizona Fall League coming into Thursday's game. A pair of D-backs prospects ensured the Rafters kept right on rattling at the plate.
Arizona's No. 3 prospectJazz Chisholm and ninth-ranked Drew Ellis both fell a triple shy of the cycle with four RBIs and three runs scored apiece to lead Salt River to a 14-3 win over Glendale at Camelback Ranch.
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Ellis started the offensive parade in the second inning by ripping a two-run double to left field off Desert Dogs starter Jordan Foley (Yankees). One inning later, Chisholm reached for the first time during the game with a first-pitch single to right.
In the fourth, Ellis drew a free pass, and two batters later, Chisholm brought in a run with a fielder's choice to first base. After Chisholm swiped second, D-backs No. 5 prospect Daulton Varsho singled them both in.
One frame later, Ellis connected on a two-run homer -- his second dinger this fall -- to left off Kyle Zurak (Yankees). Ellis beat out an infield single in the seventh and then scored on Chisholm's double down the right-field line.
Chisholm rounded out the effort in the ninth, battling with reliever Nolan Long before sending the seventh pitch over the right-field wall for a two-run roundtripper.
The three hits for Chisholm improved his AFL average to .444 and OPS to 1.168 while Ellis' first multi-hit effort since Oct. 9 bumped his fall OPS to .803.
For Glendale, fourth-ranked White Sox prospectLuis Robert went 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI.
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Sixth-ranked Braves prospect Cristian Pache drove in the game's first two runs with a triple in the opening frame and a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Padres No. 25 prospect Austin Allen added a two-run single, his only hit in three at-bats. for Peoria. Ninth-ranked Rays prospect Lucius Fox had two hits and a run scored while No. 13 Padres prospect Buddy Reed doubled to improve to .375 in the AFL. Brandon Lawson (Rays) and Travis Radke (Padres) threw three one-hit innings apiece, striking out three and issuing one free pass. Jon Olczak (Brewers) fanned five and yielded a hit in two innings of relief. Phillies prospects Austin Listi and Darick Hall helped Scottsdale avoid a shutout. Listi tripled with two outs in the ninth, his second hit of the game, and Hall lifted the next pitch over the right-field fence, his third homer of the fall. Astros No. 8 prospect J.B. Bukauskas (1-1) allowed a run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts over five innings. Gameday box score
