Rockies California League affiliate Lancaster had a comeback fall a little short as they lost 11-9 for the Visalia Rawhide. It wasn’t all bad news, though, since they did manage to score nine runs. Key to that comeback effort was UC-Riverside product Vince Fernandez, who managed to go 2-for-4, including a double and a home run, scoring twice and driving in two more. It was his 17th home run of the year in his 88th game; last year (in the not-quite-as-friendly-but-still-very-helpful hitters’ park in Asheville’s McCormick Field) he hit 16 in 100 games played.
Vince Fernandez was drafted by the Rockies in the 10th round of the 2016 draft with relatively little fanfare. After tearing up the Pioneer League in 2016 (.310/.370/.527) and holding his own in Low-A Asheville .269/.352/.464) last year, he was moved up to High-A Lancaster for the start of the 2018 campaign.
★ ★ ★
Triple-A: Albuquerque Isotopes 9, Colorado Springs SkySox 1
Ryan McMahon (no. 2 PuRP): 2-for-5, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Jordan Patterson (no. 14 PuRP):
Mike Tauchman (no. 22 PuRP):
Josh Fuentes: 3-for-5, R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI
★ ★ ★
Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 1, New Hampshire FisherCats 3
Brendan Rodgers (no. 1 PuRP): DNP
Brian Mundell (no. 13 PuRP): 1-for-3
Sam Hilliard (no. 17 PuRP): 1-for-4
Dom Nuñez (no. 21 PuRP): 1-for-4
Roberto Ramos: 0-for-2, BB, RBI
★ ★ ★
High-A: Lancaster JetHawks 9, Visalia Rawhide 11
Colton Welker (no. 5 PuRP): 1-for-5, R, 2B
Tyler Nevin (no. 12 PuRP): 2-for-5, R, RBI
Vince Fernandez (no. 28 PuRP): 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Wes Rogers (HM PuRP): 2-for-3, R, HR, 3 RBI, SB
★ ★ ★
Low-A: Asheville Tourists 2, West Virginia Power 7
Ryan Vilade (no. 7 PuRP): 1-for-4, RBI, SB
Sean Bouchard: 1-for-3, BB, 2 SB
Bret Boswell: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
Garrett Schilling: 5 IP, 12 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
★ ★ ★
Short Season-A: Boise Hawks 6, Tri-City Dust Devils 9
Terrin Vavra (third round, 2018): 3-for-5, R, RBI
Matt Hearn: 3-for-5, R, RBI, SB
Daniel Jipping: 2-for-4, R, RBI
★ ★ ★
Rookie: Grand Junction Rockies 6, Ogden Raptors 4
Grant Lavigne (first round, 2018): 3-for-4, R
Coco Montes: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
★ ★ ★
Dominican Summer League: DSL Rockies 4, DSL Twins 5
Jesus Baptista: 2-for-3, R, BB
Brayan Castillo: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Dominican Summer League: DSL Colorado 12, DSL Tigers2 9
Eddy Diaz: 3-for-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI
Yolki Pena: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
Steen Fana: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
Dominican Summer League: DSL Colorado 3, DSL Tigers2 2
Eddy Diaz: 2-for-4, R, 2B
Yolki Pena: 0-for-4
Ronaiker Palma: 3-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, SB
★ ★ ★
Saturday Probables
Triple-A Albuquerque: TBD @ Colorado Springs (MIL), 6:00 pmMT
Double-A Hartford: Frank Duncan vs. New Hampshire (TOR), 4:05 pm MT
High-A Lancaster: Logan Longwith vs. Visalia (ARI), 7:05 pm MT
Low-A Asheville: Frederis Parra @ West Virginia (PIT), 4:05 pm MT
Short Season-A Boise: TBD vs. Tri-City (SD), 7:15 pm MT
Rookie Level Grand Junction: TBD vs. Orem (LAA), 6:40 pm MT