Some things went right for the Cincinnati Reds prospects on Tuesday afternoon out in Arizona, and some things didn’t. For infielder Noelvi Marte things went right. Getting his second start at third base in as many games to kick off the Arizona Fall League, Marte hit a 380-foot home run in his first at-bat of the day. He would add a single later on in the game.
In total, Noelvi Marte had six at-bats on the day and he made contact on all of them. The home run he hit was the 4th hardest hit ball he had on the day. His exit velocities on the day: 105.1 – ground out, 104.8 – single, 100.3 – fly out, 98.0 – home run, and 71.0 – pop out.
Rece Hinds, who had the only hit from a Reds prospect in the game on Monday (a double), picked up another hit on Tuesday. It was another double and he crushed it. It was 106 MPH off of the bat and hit the wall in right field. Hinds, who started the game in left field, finished the day 1-3 with two walks, a double, and two runs scored.
Jake Gozzo pitched out of the Glendale bullpen and had a part in holding onto the lead after the Desert Dogs scored eight runs in the 4th inning to take an 11-6 lead that they never gave up (winning 11-9). Gozzo threw shutout innings in both the 7th and 8th, picking up three strikeouts along the way without a walk. He threw 34 pitches and had 21 strikes on the day.
Those were all of the things that went right on the day. But as I mentioned at the top, not everything went right. Christian Roa started the game and things didn’t go well for him on the afternoon. Roa struggled with his control, walking two batters and giving up five hits – leading to six earned runs – in the only inning he pitched.