Urias homers in Chihuahuas' record rout
Triple-A El Paso had the biggest offensive night in team history on Saturday, and Luis Urías was at the center of it all.MLB.com's No. 24 overall prospect went 4-for-6 and blasted a three-run homer to plate the franchise-record 23rd run in the Chihuahuas' 24-4 rout of Tacoma at Southwest University
Triple-A El Paso had the biggest offensive night in team history on Saturday, and
MLB.com's No. 24 overall prospect went 4-for-6 and blasted a three-run homer to plate the franchise-record 23rd run in the Chihuahuas' 24-4 rout of Tacoma at Southwest University Park. El Paso recorded 23 hits, including four dingers.
Urias' long ball came in an eight-run eighth inning. After
After hitting a double to right, the Padres' No. 3 prospect crossed home with the Chihuahuas' first run in the opening inning on another two-bagger by
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Urias raised his average to .367, good for second in the Pacific Coast League and just three points behind Albuquerque's
Last season, the Mexico native put together a .296/.398/.447 line in 120 games with El Paso, homering eight times and driving in 45 runs. He earned a brief promotion to The Show at the end of the year before a hamstring injury cut his season short, then played 11 games with the Padres in April before returning to Triple-A.
Everyone in the El Paso lineup finished with at least one hit and one RBI. Mejia fell a single shy of the cycle, hitting a solo homer to right in the sixth, tripling to center in the eighth and doubling to right in the first. He scored a career-high five runs and drove in two.
Cordero went 3-for-7 with a grand slam in the third inning and RBIs.
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