Greene bags four hits in wild Mustangs win
After Monday night's performance, 2017's second overall Draft pick Hunter Greene has logged as many extra-base hits as he has games played.The second-ranked Cincinnati prospect went 4-for-7 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Rookie-level Billings' 17-14, 12-inning slugfest win over Idaho Falls. He was one of
After Monday night's performance, 2017's second overall Draft pick
The second-ranked Cincinnati prospect went 4-for-7 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Rookie-level Billings' 17-14, 12-inning slugfest win over Idaho Falls. He was one of four Mustangs and seven total players to collect three or more hits in the marathon that lasted exactly five hours.
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Greene, signed out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California as a two-way player, was shut down as a pitcher in April to preserve his young arm, which produces triple-digit heat and a promising slider. In the beginning of July, the Reds signed him with a $7.23 million bonus. On Aug. 8, two days after he turned 18, he debuted as a designated hitter in the Pioneer League with a two-run triple.
"It was awesome -- getting up there and being able to hear such great fans cheering me on and motivating me and helping me out and giving me support while I was up there," MLB.com's No. 21 overall prospect said in a statement after that game. "Hearing all their voices was really cool."
In his next action, Friday night's loss at Ogden, he went 0-for-3. He sat from then until Monday, when the right-handed hitter got things started with a first-inning double to left field off Kansas City 15th-rounder
One inning later, he socked an opposite-field RBI two-bagger off right-hander
After grounding out in the eighth and ninth, he came through with a two-out single to left against righty
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