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Rockies prospect Raimel Tapia providing plenty of offense in Triple-A

Prospect news and game results from the Rockies minor league affiliates from Saturday, April 27, 2018

Rockies prospect Raimel Tapia surely isn’t having the 2018 he wanted so far. Not because his performance has been bad (after last night he is slashing .287/.361/.569 in 20 games), but because of where he is doing it.

The Albuquerque Isotopes dropped a barnburner Friday night to the Las Vegas 51s, 11-9. Raimel Tapia was at the center of the offensive effort to try to overcome five (5!) Las Vegas home runs, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored. It’s his fourth multi-hit game in the last week as the hitter most often described as “preternatural” has pulled his average up from a paltry .218 on April 19. He will have to keep hitting in order to break into a crowded Rockies outfield situation, but for now will have to be content with getting regular at bats against Triple-A pitching

Top 30 PuRPs

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Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes 9, Las Vegas 51s 11

Raimel Tapia: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI

Tom Murphy (no. 11 PuRP): 0-for-5

Jordan Patterson (no. 14 PuRP): 1-for-5

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Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 5, Richmond Flying Squirrels 4

Brendan Rodgers (no. 1 PuRP): 1-for-5

Peter Lambert (no. 4 PuRP): 5 1/3 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Garrett Hampson (no. 9 PuRP):1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI

Brian Mundell (no. 13 PuRP):1-for-3, 2 BB

Sam Hilliard (no. 17 PuRP): 2-for-5, R, RBI

Yonathan Daza (no. 19 PuRP): 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, SB

Dom Nuñez (no. 21 PuRP): 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB

Wes Rogers (HM PuRP): 0-for-5

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High-A: Lancaster JetHawks 9, Rancho Cucamonga 14

Colton Welker (no. 5 PuRP): 2-for-5, RBI

Tyler Nevin (no. 12 PuRP): 2-for-5, R

Forrest Wall (no. 16 PuRP): 2-for-4, R, 3B, RBI, 2 BB

Willie Abreu (no. 26 PuRP): 1-for-4, 2 R, BB

Matt Dennis: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 10 K

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Low-A: Asheville Tourists 3, Greensboro Grasshoppers 2

Ryan Vilade (no. 7 PuRP): 1-for-3, R

Ben Bowden (no. 20 PuRP): 1 IP, 3 K

Robert Tyler (no. 24 PuRP): 1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K , Save

Chad Spanberger (no. 29 PuRP): 1-for-3

Tommy Doyle (no. 30 PuRP): 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K

Garrett Schilling: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Shael Mendoza: 2-for-4, R, 2 RBI

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Saturday Probables

Triple-A Albuquerque: David Holmberg vs. Las Vegas (NYM), 6:35 pm MT

Double-A Hartford: Parker French @ Richmond (SF), 4:05 pm MT

High-A Lancaster: Logan Longwith vs. Rancho Cucamonga (LAD), 7:05 pm MT

Low-A Asheville: Will Gaddis (no. 23 PuRP) vs. Greensboro (MIA), 4:05 pm MT

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Thursday's Boxscores

Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes 4, Las Vegas 51s 6

Double-A: Harford Yard Goats, OFF DAY

High-A: Lancaster JetHawks 3, Visalia Rawhide 1

Low-A: Asheville Tourists vs. Lexington Legends, PPD