Wander Franco (Princeton 2018), Nolan Gorman (Johnson City 2018), Josh Lowe (Princeton 2016), and Max Smith (Elizabethton 2019) gave outstanding performances on Tuesday.
Wander Franco (Princeton 2018), Nolan Gorman (Johnson City 2018), Josh Lowe (Princeton 2016), and Max Smith (Elizabethton 2019) gave outstanding performances on Tuesday.
Rays SS Wander Franco , Class A Advanced Charlotte: 2-for-5, 1 HR, 2 R -- MLB.com's top overall prospect lifted the Stone Crabs to a 2-1 win over St. Lucie with a solo homer to left-center field in the fifth inning. The blast was Franco's first since going yard in back-to-back games on June 27-28.
Cardinals 3B Nolan Gorman , Class A Advanced Palm Beach: 3-for-5, 2 2Bs, 3 RBIs, 2 R -- Hitting over .300 in July, Gorman continued to swing a hot bat for Palm Beach. With three more knocks, the top Cardinals prospect ran his hitting streak to six games. Over the last two contests, he's delivered five hits. In the seventh inning against Florida, Gorman drove in a run with a single and followed that an inning later with a two-RBI double. With 22 Florida State League games under his belt, he owns a .267 average and .773 OPS.
Rays CF Josh Lowe , Double-A Montgomery: 3-for-4, HR, 2 2Bs, BB, RBI, 2 R -- The No. 14 Rays prospect followed a two-hit night with another multi-hit game Tuesday. Lowe got to work early with a solo homer, his 12th, in the first inning. He contributed two doubles, helping him improve his slugging percentage to .419. With the three extra-base hits, the 21-year-old has a .760 OPS in 83 Southern League games.
Twins OF Max Smith , Rookie Advanced Elizabethton: 4-for-5, 1 HR, 1 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI -- After striking out in his first at-bat, the 31st-round pick in last month's Draft went off in his next four trips to the plate. He singled to left field in the third inning, smacked his first career homer in the fourth, doubled to right in the sixth and singled to right in the eighth. Smith is 8-for-19 (.421) in his last four games to get his average up to .258.
