Reds Sebastian Elizalde extends hit streak to 9 games in Mexico over the weekend

Cincinnati Reds prospect Sebastian Elizalde has been hitting the cover off of the ball in Mexico this offseason. For the second year in a row he’s returned to his home country to play winter ball for Hermosillo.

On Sunday he entered the day with a 7-game hitting streak with a double header on deck. He went 1-3 in both games to extend his hitting streak to nine games.

The first three games of the hitting streak were modest, going 4-17 from the 16th-18th. Since then he’s turned it up a notch. On October 20th he went 2-3 with a walk, run and an RBI. That was followed up with a 1-4 game with a home run and 2 RBI.

Then he went 6-14 with a walk over the last four games to round things out. Elizalde has only gone hitless in two of the 14 games played and is hitting .357/.410/.482 His average ranks 6th in the league.

Here’s some video of Sebastian Elizalde from August.

Marquez Smith also had a nice weekend in Mexico. The infielder went 3-6 with 2 walks, a double, triple, four runs scored and two runs driven in. Smith has only played in four games after missing out on the first week-and-a-half of play.

Here’s a quick Fall/Winter League update on how the Reds players have performed early on: