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Albies shows off power, speed for Gwinnett

Braves' top prospect runs hit streak to nine with homer, triple
Ozzie Albies is hitting .267 in 53 games in Triple-A this season after batting .248 in 56 games with Gwinnett in 2016. (Chris Robertson/MiLB.com)
June 4, 2017

Being the top-ranked prospect in an organization that boasts eight players in MLB.com's Top 100 requires some impressive tools.On Saturday night, Ozzie Albies had them all on display for Triple-A Gwinnett, including one rarely seen. Albies legged out a triple and cracked an 11th-inning homer to power the G-Braves to a 6-4

Being the top-ranked prospect in an organization that boasts eight players in MLB.com's Top 100 requires some impressive tools.
On Saturday night, Ozzie Albies had them all on display for Triple-A Gwinnett, including one rarely seen. 
Albies legged out a triple and cracked an 11th-inning homer to power the G-Braves to a 6-4 win over Indianapolis at Victory Field. It was his second multi-hit effort during a nine-game hitting streak. 

The switch-hitter faced four Indians right-handers as his splits show he prefers to face southpaws. In 53 at-bats against left-handers, Albies is hitting .377 as opposed to .232 against righties in 168 appearances.
The 20-year-old also has 10 singles and a double in 39 at-bats with four RBIs during his hitting streak. In his first full season on the circuit, Albies is batting .264/.309/.375 with 17 extra-base hits including two homers, 16 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. 
Gameday box score
Facing Nick Kingham, the Pirates' No. 7 prospect, to lead off the game, Albies swatted his fourth triple of the season and scored when Jace Peterson doubled to center. Albies faced Kingham with two outs in the fourth and fell into a 1-2 count before getting hit by a pitch and being stranded after a Peterson groundout.
Kingham exited after 4 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts.
Albies found himself with a chance to drive in a run after Xavier Avery knocked a two-out double in the sixth off Drew Hutchison. Albies bounced to first baseman Jason Rogers on the first pitch to end the threat.
Battning just .196 with runners in scoring position, Albies got another opportunity to drive in a run in the eighth with Anthony Recker on second following his RBI double that extended the Braves' lead to 4-0. Albies ran the count to 3-2 before Josh Lindblom struck him out. 

Indianapolis scored three runs in the eighth and forced extra innings on a solo shot from Joey Terdoslavich in the ninth.
In the 11th, Kyle Kubitza led off with a double off left-hander Dan Runzler (1-3) and the Indians turned to righty Edgar Santana to face Albies. The native of Curacao drove a 1-0 pitch over the right-center field fence for his third homer.
Atlanta's No. 15 prospect, Patrick Weigel, scattered three hits, struck out five and walked four over five innings. Andres Santiago (1-0) walked one and fanned one in two innings to get the win. 

Gerard Gilberto is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow and interact with him on Twitter, @GerardGilberto4.