Travs' Lewis breaks out with three hits
Kyle Lewis' first crack at the Texas League hadn't yielded the results expected of an elite talent, but his performance Monday gives him some momentum for the closing days of the season.Seattle's top prospect homered and scored twice in his first Double-A three-hit showing, helping Arkansas to a 7-0 win
Seattle's top prospect homered and scored twice in his first Double-A three-hit showing, helping Arkansas to a 7-0 win over Northwest Arkansas at Dickey-Stephens Park.
In the second inning, Lewis battled Naturals starter
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Leading off the fifth, MLB.com's No. 81 overall prospect greeted Northwest Arkansas reliever
Lewis batted .260/.303/.429 with 18 doubles, five homers and 32 RBIs over 49 games with the Nuts. But the Mercer product had been in a 2-for-21 slump over his last six games that brought his average to a season-low .179 heading into Monday, which was his fourth multi-hit performance in 30 games for Arkansas. He has three roundtrippers, 17 RBIs and a .200/.262/.327 slash line over 110 Texas League at-bats.
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