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Indians prospect Mejia extends streak to 46
- Updated: August 5, 2016
Potentially down to his last strike, Indians catching prospect Francisco Mejia hit a double to right field in his fifth at-bat for Class A Advanced Lynchburg on Thursday, stretching his historic hitting streak to 46 consecutive games in a 7-3 win over Salem.
Mejia went hitless in four at-bats to start the game before leading off in the top of the ninth inning, and he fouled off five pitches and took two for balls before sending pitch No. 8 into right field for a double. Mejia’s streak is now the seventh-longest in Minor League history and the longest in the Minors since Harry Chozen hit in 49 straight in 1945.
Over the weekend, Mejia, the Indians’ No. 4 prospect, was the centerpiece in a proposed deal between the Indians and Brewers that would have sent Mejia and two more of Cleveland’s Top 30 Prospects — shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang and outfielder Greg Allen — along with reliever Shawn Armstrong to Milwaukee for catcher Jonathan Lucroy. The deal was nixed on Sunday, though, when Lucroy exercised his no-trade clause. Mejia and Chang were both held out of the Hillcats’ lineup on Sunday but were back in the lineup on Monday night, hours after the non-waiver Trade Deadline passed.
Through Wednesday, Mejia has posted a .389/.414/.600 slash line, with 10 doubles, two triples, eight homers and 41 RBIs during his streak, which began more than two months ago, on May 27.
Longest Minor League hitting streaks Player Games Year Joe Wilhoit 69 1919 Joe DiMaggio 61 1933 Roman Mejias 55 1954 Otto Pahlman 50 1922 Jack Ness 49 1915 Harry Chozen 49 1945 Francisco Mejia 46 2016 James McOwen 45 2009 Brandon Watson 43 2007 Eddie Marshall 43 1935 Orlando Moreno 43 1947 Howie Bedell 43 1961 Jack Lelivelt 42 1912 Herbert Chapman 42 1950 Ducky Detweiler 40 1942 Frosty Kennedy 40 1953
The MiLB hit streak record is 69, set by Joe Wilhoit in 1919. Joe DiMaggio, whose big league record hit streak of 56 games is being celebrated for its 75th anniversary this season, had a 61-game Minor League hit streak in 1933, second-longest of all-time.
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Perhaps most impressive in Mejia’s current run is how he’s hurdled …
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