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Gallo, Garrett among top prospect performers Monday
- Updated: April 26, 2016
No. 7 overall prospect Joey Gallo slugged his sixth and seventh home runs of the season on Monday, including a go-ahead blast in the top of the 12th inning to help push Triple-A Round Rock past Memphis, 6-5.
The Rangers’ No. 1 prospect drove in three runs and scored three times, also walking twice, as part of a 2-for-4 performance at the plate. Gallo connected on a two-run shot to right-center field in his first at-bat against Memphis starter Jeremy Hefner, and then took reliever Heath Wyatt deep to right field to open the 12th inning.
Gallo has 20 multi-homer games in his Minor League career and he’s hit two long balls in three of his 17 games this season for Round Rock. The performance also pushed Gallo into three-way tie with Mike Zunino and Trey Mancini (Orioles’ No. 5 prospect) for the Minor League lead.
Gallo struggled in his first taste of the Triple-A level in 2015, when he hit just .195 with 14 home runs and a 39.5 percent strikeout rate in 53 games at Round Rock. However, after his impressive showing this spring in big league camp, the 22-year-old third baseman has enjoyed a strong start this season in his return to Round Rock, where he’s batting .283/.421/.717 with 16 RBIs and a 18/15 K/BB ratio through 17 games.
The rest of the best performances from top prospects Monday
• No. 21 overall prospect Franklin Barreto (A’s No. 1) hit his second home run of the season, while Matt Chapman’s (A’s No. 6) go-ahead solo blast in the top of the 14th inning, his fifth dinger of 2016, helped Double-A Midland sink Corpus Christi, 8-7. Third baseman Ryon Healy (A’s No. 17) also had a big game at the plate, finishing 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs.
• A pair of White Sox prospects paced Triple-A Charlotte in a 4-1 win against Toledo. Third baseman Matt Davidson No. 28 went 3-for-4 with three doubles and drove in three of Charlotte’s runs, while shortstop Tim Anderson, baseball’s No. 44 overall prospect, (White Sox No. 2) finished 4-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.
• No. 62 overall prospect Nick Williams (Phillies’ No. 3) hit his …
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