Colorado Rockies prospects: Yency Almonte earns the win in his Double-A debut for Hartford Yard Goats

Yency Almonte pitched six solid innings in his first start for the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats Thursday night. Almonte allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out only two.

Almonte’s debut got off to a rocky start when the first three batters all reached on hits, resulting in two runs. Almonte quickly settled in and retired the next nine batters that he faced before allowing a walk to lead off the fourth inning.

Almonte’s dominating High-A performance in Modesto this year catapulted him up the midseason prospect rankings. If he can duplicate that performance in Double-A to finish the season expect that momentum to continue.

If you haven’t seen him pitch yet be sure to watch our video of Almonte on the Purple Row YouTube channel.

Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes - off day

Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 6, Akron Rubberducks 4

Yency Almonte (PuRP No. 18): 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 K

Ryan McMahon (PuRP No. 6): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 R

Jerry Vasto: 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K

High-A: Stockton Ports 10, Modesto Nuts 8

Forrest Wall (PuRP No. 13): 3-5, 1 2B, 2 R

Dom Nunez (PuRP No. 14): 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI

Single-A: Asheville Tourists 4, Hagerstown Suns 2

Jesus Tinoco (PuRP No. 20): 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 3 K

Ben Bowden (PuRP No. 27): 1 IP 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K

Brendan Rodgers (PuRP No. 3): 2-4, 3 RBI

Short Season-A: Hillsboro Hops 6, Boise Hawks 5

Garret Hampson: 3-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI

Justin Calomeni: 2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K

Rookie: Grand Junction Rockies - off day

DSL: DSL Cardinals 3, DSL Rockies 1

Daniel Montano (PuRP No 24): 1-4

Jeffri Ocando: 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 8 K

Tomorrow’s games and probables (all times MT):

Triple-A: Albuquerque (Musgrave) @ Colorado Springs, 7:05 PM

Double-A: Hartford (Balog) @ Erie, 5:05 PM

High-A: Modesto (French) @ Inland Empire, 8:05 PM

Low-A: Asheville (Killian) @ Hagerstown, 5:05 PM

Short-A: Boise (Julio) vs. Tri-City, 7:15 PM

Rookie: Grand Junction (TBA) @ Missoula, 7:05 PM

DSL: Rockies (TBA) vs. Braves 8:30 AM