Rudy

Flores

He homered twice and scored three times as the Rawhide rolled to a 15-1 win over Lancaster. Flores has now hit safely in eight of his last nine games, batting .371 with 10 RBI over that span. The 25-year-old leads the California League with 47 RBI this year and is second with 14 home runs. He’s also third in total bases and fourth in slugging percentage. Despite his high strikeout rate (72 Ks), Flores owns a respectable .292 average over 226 at-bats this season.

He plated four of Visalia’s season-high 19 runs. All four of them came on a second-inning grand slam. Flores leads the California League in RBI (32) by a pretty comfortable margin. He’s also second in the league in slugging (.642) and seventh in batting average (.342). The 25-year-old spent all of last year with Double-A Mobile and should be headed back there soon.