Blistering Williams goes yard twice for 'Pigs

Baseball is a game of streaks, both good and bad. Nick Williams has experienced a little bit of each this season, but he's been giving the good a real ride -- out of the ballpark -- of late.
The Phillies No. 4 prospect homered for the third straight game Sunday night, going deep twice and driving in four runs to lead Triple-A Lehigh Valley past visiting Louisville, 14-2, at Coca-Cola Park.

After seeing his average dip to .246 on May 16, Williams has been scorching hot. He has hit safely in 11 straight games, batting .386 with eight home runs and 19 RBIs during that stretch. The outfielder has driven in 15 runs in his last five games, nearly doubling the seven RBIs he had in 22 games during April.
"I would say I'm just being patient and realizing that I have time," Williams told MiLB.com on Saturday. "I would say the first month [of the season], I was just rushing and rushing to do so much. I really just let up on the gas and told myself to do less, and it's been working."
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Williams reached on a wild-pitch strikeout in the second, but the power switch flipped on in the fourth. With Taylor Featherston on first and one out, the Galveston, Texas native slugged a ball to left-center field to extend the IronPigs lead to 9-0. 
After striking out in the fifth, Williams followed Featherston's single with another two-run homer to right, giving him a season-high four RBIs for the second straight game. It was the sixth multi-homer performance of his career and his first since Aug. 5, 2015 with Double-A Reading. 

"This is kind of the guy I envisioned when I first saw him when we got him in a trade in August of '15," Lehigh Valley manager Dusty Wathan told The Morning Call on Saturday night. "It's fun to watch him play when he's going like that."
Dylan Cozens also went yard for the IronPigs, who have homered in eight consecutive games and in 12 of their last 13. Williams has been a key part of that barrage.
Cozens, the Phillies' ninth-ranked prospect, caught up to teammate and 13th-ranked Rhys Hoskins with his 13th homer during Lehgh Valley's five-run second. After occupying the top two spots on the Double-A Eastern League home run leaderboard in 2016, the duo stand tied for the International League lead this season. 

MLB.com's fourth overall prospectJ.P. Crawford went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI while Phillies No. 6 prospect Roman Quinn doubled twice and tripled, driving in two runs.
Nick Pivetta (5-0) surrendered two runs on six hits with four strikeouts in six innings. Philadelphia's No. 12 prospect didn't issue any walks for his second straight win since returning from a stint in the Majors.