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Dylan Rock fell in need of setting an expert baseball document Friday night time, going with out hitting a house run in his ninth consecutive recreation.
The outfielder had one final probability within the ninth inning to hit a document residence run, however hit a grounder again to the pitcher for an out. He batted 0-for-3 with an RBI, stroll and strikeout within the Lexington Legends' 8-7 defeat versus the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs within the unbiased Atlantic League.
Rock grew to become the fifth participant in professional baseball historical past to hit a house run in eight consecutive video games throughout Thursday's 11-10 loss to the Charleston Soiled Birds, going deep within the first inning off pitcher David LeBron. His streak began June 18 versus the Gastonia Ghost Peppers.
Three players have hit eight consecutive residence runs in MLB historical past: Ken Griffey Jr. with the Seattle Mariners in 1993, the New York Yankees' Don Mattingly in 1987 and Dale Lengthy of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1956. Within the minors, Texas Rangers prospect Justin Foscue hit eight straight throughout the rookie Arizona Advanced League and the excessive Single-A stage in 2021.
He got here into Friday's recreation batting .267/.372/.544 with 11 doubles, 13 homers, 31 RBI and 16 stolen bases.
Rock was the Toronto Blue Jays' eighth-round draft decide in 2022 out of Texas A&M. In his lone season with the Aggies, he hit .318/.468/.641 with 19 homers, 65 RBI and 16 stolen bases. He performed his earlier 4 faculty seasons at UTSA.
The 26-year-old performed for 3 seasons within the Blue Jays' group, spending final yr with excessive Single-A Vancouver earlier than being launched final July whereas batting .184/.292/.272 in 75 video games. He performed 33 video games for Double-A New Hampshire in 2023.
