De Jongh belts Dodgers into AZL Finals
It wasn't the most glamorous professional debut for Aldrich De Jongh, but the payoff in his first postseason game made up for it.The Los Angeles outfield prospect finished a home run shy of the cycle while collecting a career-high four hits to help the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers rally past
It wasn't the most glamorous professional debut for Aldrich De Jongh, but the payoff in his first postseason game made up for it.
The Los Angeles outfield prospect finished a home run shy of the cycle while collecting a career-high four hits to help the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers rally past the Indians 2, 9-8, on Wednesday night at Camelback Ranch to reach the Finals for the first time since 2013.
De Jongh, who scored three times, helped get the offense going in the bottom of the first inning.
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The 19-year-old smacked a leadoff ground-rule double to left field off Indians starter
De Jongh beat out a bunt single to first base in the seventh and raced home with the tying run on
Selected in the 17th round of this year's Draft out of Hillsborough Community College in Florida, De Jongh batted .221/.269/.326 with six extra-base hits, 12 RBIs and 11 runs scored in 23 games in the Arizona League. He ended the regular season with three multi-hit efforts in his last 10 games while batting .342/.381/.526.
Dodgers reliever
Indians No. 28 prospect
Paredes (0-1) retired two batters in the seventh and was charged with three runs on four hits.
The Dodgers and Cubs 1 will begin the best-of-3 Arizona League Finals on Thursday night.
In other playoff action:
Cubs 1 8, Rangers 7 (10 innings)
Kevin Moreno walked to force in
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