The Louisville Bats took the field on Tuesday morning in Rochester and nothing seemed special when the game started. The Bats scored four runs in the first inning and things got started with a Brandon Dixon double that brought Mason Williams in from second. In the third inning Louisville would add three more runs to the board, and Brandon Dixon once again was in the mix. He followed a Blake Trahan double with a single – and both would score later in the inning. In the fifth inning, Dixon would lead off and ground out.
The offense stalled for a few innings. That meant Brandon Dixon wouldn’t come to the plate again until the top of the eighth inning. He led off the inning with a home run. That left him just a triple shy of the cycle, but it was tough to foresee another trip to the plate at that point. Louisville, however, scored three runs in the inning and sent seven hitters to the plate. Because of that, it meant that he’d come up to the plate in the ninth inning.
Needing a triple, the toughest portion of the cycle, Brandon Dixon came through. He crushed a ball into right-center field and showed off his speed, racing around the bases and sliding into third.
Taylor Trammell interview with Mo Egger
After his MVP Award at the Futures Game over the weekend, Cincinnati Reds outfield prospect Taylor Trammell has been in high demand. That led to him joining local sports radio host Mo Egger on Tuesday afternoon on ESPN 1530. You can listen to the segment below, and I highly recommend it. The stories relayed by Trammell are fantastic.
John Sickels Midseason Prospect List Update
There’s a new Top 50 prospect list out over at Minor League Ball. John Sickels ranked three Cincinnati Reds inside the top 50, and all actually showed up in the top 25.
Nick Senzel showed up at #4 overall on the list. Taylor Trammell showed up next among Reds prospects, coming in at #17. Hunter Greene came in at #21 on the list. The move was upward for all three. The last update came back in May for Sickels list, and had Senzel at #11, Trammell at #28, and Greene at #25.