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Rays’ Ciuffo breaks out of slump in AFL action
- Updated: October 20, 2016
PEORIA, Ariz. — Nick Ciuffo has struggled at the plate in the early going of the Arizona Fall League.
But not Wednesday.
Ciuffo, the Rays’ No. 25 prospect, drove in a run with a double in the second inning that sent Brandon Dixon home for the first run in Peoria’s 2-1 victory over Mesa.
Ciuffo, who came into the game hitting .158, was 1-for-3 — and relieved.
“At the plate it’s tough, because everyone is so good. Everything moves. Everybody throws hard,” he said. “But that’s going to come and go. But it’s good because I had been working on some stuff lately, with the leg kick and all that — and to really square one up. I feel like I took a good path. It was nice to start the day off.”
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Ciuffo said he hit a sinker “that was supposed to stay in but it kind of ran out over the plate, so I just put a good swing on it. (I was) fortunate to find a …
