Grizzlies' Kemp goes 5-for-5, plates two

Tony Kemp has been a model of consistency in the Pacific Coast League this season, and he was a persisent problem for Oklahoma City pitchers on Sunday.
The 25-year-old second baseman went 5-for-5 with three doubles, a pair of RBIs and a run scored in Triple-A Fresno's 14-5 road loss to the Dodgers. It was his second career five-hit game and first since Aug. 24, 2014 with Double-A Corpus Christi.

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The 2013 fifth-round pick boosted his slash line to .308/.341/.367 in 27 PCL games, and he's logged at least two hits in 14 of those contests. He went 0-for-9 last week, shortly after returning from a stint in the Majors, but is 10-for-18 with five RBIs and three runs scored since Friday.

Kemp led off Sunday's game with a bloop single to center field off Dodgers No. 17 prospect Trevor Oaks, then lined a double off the Oklahoma City starter when they faced each other again in the third. Squaring off against Oaks a final time in the sixth, Kemp doubled again.
The Tennessee native won a lefty-on-lefty matchup in the seventh, hammering Justin Marks' 2-1 pitch to right for an RBI double.

Kemp may have had to settle for four hits if not for a fortuitous hop. Another southpaw, Patrick Schuster, got him to slap a 1-2 offering on the ground to the right side, but the ball eluded the outstretched glove of Dodgers first baseman Ike Davis for an RBI single.
Fourth-ranked Astros prospectDerek Fisher doubled in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, during which he's 30-for-74 (.405). No. 24 prospect Colin Moran clubbed his fourth homer, a solo shot.
Astros top prospect Francis Martes (0-1) struggled in his fifth start for the Grizzlies, allowing five runs -- four earned -- on six hits and four walks over three innings. He struck out three.
Third-ranked Dodgers prospect Alex Verdugo had two hits and Trayce Thompson went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and three runs scored for Oklahoma City.
Oaks (1-1) picked up the win after yielding two runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six innings.