McKenna's four-hit day keys Dogs' offense
Glendale racked up the largest run total this season in the Arizona Fall League on Thursday with Ryan McKenna leading the charge from the top of the lineup.The Orioles No. 12 prospect smacked two of the Desert Dogs' four doubles and two of their 20 singles in a 21-8 drubbing
Glendale racked up the largest run total this season in the Arizona Fall League on Thursday with
The Orioles No. 12 prospect smacked two of the Desert Dogs' four doubles and two of their 20 singles in a 21-8 drubbing of the Saguaros at Surprise Stadium. McKenna also scored three times, walked twice and drove in a run to improve his Arizona Fall League average to .371.
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The 21-year-old outfielder hit .313 in 326 at-bats out of the leadoff spot during the regular season, and he started both rallies that bookended Thursday's rout. McKenna beat out an infield hit to second base to lead off the game and scored on a sacrifice fly to right field by Steve Wilkerson (Orioles). The 2015 fourth-rounder walked later in the first and doubled to right but was left stranded in the third.
McKenna blooped to second for his first out in the fifth and hustled out a bunt single to load the bases in the seventh before being doubled off first on a line drive by Yankees No. 16 prospect Thairo Estrada.
The Grants Pass, Oregon, native kick-started the ninth, when Glendale pushed across 11 runs and sent 16 batters to the plate. He stroked a leadoff double to center and scored on a two-RBI single by second-ranked Yankees prospect
McKenna earned Orioles Organization All-Star honors after batting .315/.410/.457 with 41 extra-base hits, 95 runs and 53 RBIs across 127 games between Class A Advanced Frederick and Double-A Bowie.
Wilkerson finished with three hits and a game-high five RBIs, and Florial's two ninth-inning knocks were his only hits in four at-bats.
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