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Guerrero, Smith among top prospect performers Sunday
- Updated: August 22, 2016
Finding success at the Triple-A level hasn’t come easily for Josh Hader. At least not until Sunday night, when the Brewers’ No. 4 prospect set a career high by striking out 12 hitters in six scoreless innings to pace Colorado Springs in a 6-0 shutout of Round Rock. He threw 65 of his 99 pitches for strikes, allowing just two hits and one walk to record his first Triple-A win in 12 starts.
Ranked No. 39 on the Top 100, Hader has pitched better for Colorado Springs than his 1-5 record and 4.79 ERA suggest. With his performance Sunday, the 22-year-old left-hander now has fanned 81 hitters in 62 innings since being promoted from Double-A Biloxi on June 11, and he’s yielded just three home runs in that span. Hader has thrown the ball particularly well of late, too, registering a 2.88 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings across his past six turns.
Overall, Hader owns a 2.95 ERA in 119 innings (23 starts) this season between the Double- and Triple-A levels, while his 154 strikeouts rank second among all Minor League hurlers.
The rest of the best performances from top prospects Sunday
• No. 68 overall prospect Kolby Allard (Braves’ No. 4) completed eight innings for the first time in his career as Class A Rome defeated Asheville, 4-2. The 2015 first-rounder allowed two earned runs on seven hits in the outing, striking out four. Opposing Allard on the mound for Asheville was Rockies No. 12 prospect Peter Lambert, who scattered four hits and struck out four over six scoreless frames.
• Royals No. 2 prospect Hunter Dozier homered for a second straight game on Sunday, when he went 2-for-4 with four RBIs for Triple-A Omaha. The deep fly was his 23rd of the season and 15th since being promoted to the Pacific Coast League, where he’s hit .306/.369/.525 with 71 RBIs in 94 games.
• Indians No. 7 prospect Triston McKenzie tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings for Class A Lake County to record his first full-season win. The 19-year-old righty scattered four hits, walked a pair and struck out eight, giving him at least eight strikeouts in five of his past seven starts. Overall, McKenzie has pitched to an excellent 1.48 ERA in 73 innings (13 starts) between the Class A Short Season and Class …
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