Silverio plates seven runs for Dash

Winston-Salem's Louis Silverio dug into the box with the bases loaded twice and runners at the corners twice in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Class A Advanced Buies Creek. As the saying goes, opportunity breeds success.
The White Sox prospect drove in a career-high seven runs, going 4-for-4 with two runs scored as the Dash rolled to a 12-6 victory over the Astros at BB&T Ballpark. Silverio chipped in two hits in the nightcap, a 5-2 loss.

"I give credit to my teammates for what they do getting on base," Silverio said. "That, for sure, was a main part of having that good day today at the plate."
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The 2014 33rd-round Draft pick came to the plate four times in the opener but saw two sets of identical situations. He batted with the bases loaded in the first and fourth innings and with runners at first and third in the second and fifth. The baserunners in each situation -- Landon Lassiter, No. 6 White Sox prospect Zack Collins and  Brady Conlan.
"It definitely helps a lot because these guys, they see a lot of pitches," Silverio said. "By the time I go to hit, I have an idea of how they're attacking other hitters and that, for sure, helps a lot when all those guys get on base before me."
The Florida International product laced the first pitch he saw in the first from Astros starter Alex Winkelman for a three-run double. He took his deepest count in his next at-bat, pulling a single through the hole on a 1-1 pitch to drive in another run. He only saw four pitches in his final two at-bats, a two-run double to right field in the fourth and an RBI single to left in the fifth. Silverio needed a total of eight pitches to produce seven runs.

"Usually when there are people in scoring position, I try to get the job done as early as I can in the count," he said. "It kind of happened to just work that way in the first game that I got a couple good pitches to hit in the first pitches of the at-bat."
Silverio scored on Johan Cruz's single in the five-run first and on Toby Thomas' double in a four-run fourth. Collins walked in all four of his four plate appearances and scored a career-high four runs. Conlan had three singles, two RBIs and two runs scored, while Lassiter doubled, singled and crossed the plate three times.

The start of the doubleheader was delayed more than two hours by an unusual effort to dry the field after rains swept through the area.
"There was a helicopter hovering over the infield helping it dry out the dirt. It was there for like a couple of hours, too," Silverio said with a laugh. "We thought it was a joke, but then we all went out there and then we saw it."
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In the second game, Astros No. 2 prospect Kyle Tucker tripled, singled and drove in three runs for Buies Creek. Ranked 32nd overall by MLB.com, he had four hits in the twinbill.