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Williams, Hoskins blast off for IronPigs

Phils prospects combine for four hits, four RBIs, five runs scored
Nick Williams is batting .346 with four homers and seven RBIs during a season-high seven-game hitting streak. (Ken Inness/MiLB.com)
May 25, 2017

Nick Williams continued the roll he's been on for more than a week. Rhys Hoskins continued doing what he's been doing all year.Williams, the Phillies' fourth-ranked prospect -- smacked a game-tying three-run homer off the bench -- while Hoskins homered and scored a career-high four runs on Wednesday in Triple-A

Nick Williams continued the roll he's been on for more than a week. Rhys Hoskins continued doing what he's been doing all year.
Williams, the Phillies' fourth-ranked prospect -- smacked a game-tying three-run homer off the bench -- while Hoskins homered and scored a career-high four runs on Wednesday in Triple-A Lehigh Valley's 10-6 victory over Indianapolis at Coca-Cola Park.

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Williams came on as a pinch-hitter in the fourth inning and made his only at-bat count. The 23-year-old connected off Bisons starter Drew Hutchison to forge a 6-6 deadlock. It was his sixth homer of the season and fourth in his last seven games. 

Since belting three homers in a two-game span last week, Hoskins had been in a slump. But the Phillies' No. 13 prospect snapped out of a 1-for-14 funk with a solo shot in the second. He went 3-for-3 with a double and eclipsed his previous best for runs scored, set most recently on May 2. 
The homer was Hoskins' International League-leading 13th, one behind another Phillies prospect, Scott Kingery of Double-A Reading. The 24-year-old first baseman also tops the circuit with 37 RBIs, a .425 on-base percentage, .682 slugging percentage, 25 extra-base hits and 103 total bases.  

Phillies No. 6 prospect Roman Quinn added his second long ball of the season and reached base three times, while Howie Kendrick went 0-for-2 with a walk in the first game of a rehab assignment with Lehigh Valley. The IronPigs have won seven consecutive series for the first time in franchise history.

Kelsie Heneghan is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @Kelsie_Heneghan.