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Plutko among top prospect performers Tuesday
- Updated: May 18, 2016
The El Paso Chihuahuas have won five in a row, scored 47 runs in the process and are cruising along as a trio of the Padres’ top prospects continue to terrorize opposing pitching staffs.
Manuel Margot, Hunter Renfroe and Alex Dickerson have all contributed to El Paso’s winning streak and each member of the trio came up big Tuesday night.
Margot, the No. 41 prospect in baseball, set the tone with a 3-for-4 day, his second three-hit game of the season. The Padres’ top prospect also drove in a run and scored three times.
Once Margot found his way on base, Dickerson found a way to drive him in. Dickerson, San Diego’s No. 23 prospect, went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Margot and Renfroe may be bigger names, but Dickerson has been the hottest hitter of late. The outfielder extended his hitting streak to 16 games Tuesday and has eight hits in his last nine at-bats.
Dickerson may be on a tear right now, but he’s not the only one. Renfroe, baseball’s No. 88 overall prospect, has homered in three straight games and went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs on Tuesday.
Renfroe, the Padres’ No. 3 prospect, has a six-game hitting streak and has strung together five consecutive multi-hit efforts.
“Renfroe is heating up.” Chihuahuas manager Rod Barajas told the El Paso Times. “We go up, swing the bats well, put ourselves in position and we’ve been getting good production from the middle of the lineup.”
The rest of the best performances from top prospects Tuesday:
• Fightin Phils’ shortstop J.P Crawford tied his season-high in hits and set a new season-high in RBIs with his 3-for-6 performance Tuesday. The No. 3 prospect in baseball also scored a run and has four hits in nine at-bats over his last two games. In addition, the Phillies’ top prospect knocked in three runs.
• Everything appears to be back to normal for Tyler Glasnow as the No. 8 prospect in baseball turned in another noteworthy performance Tuesday. After walking five and giving up three runs …
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