It didn't take long for Adael Amador to show why he's the Colorado Rockies' No. 1 prospect, and one of the most highly-thought of in baseball. The 21-year-old second baseman from the Dominican Republic was called up from the Hartford Yard Goats to the big-league club on Sunday, and thrown right into the lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Colorado Rockies officially called up Adael Amador to start at second base against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, marking their top prospect s first MLB appearance.
Alec Burleson homered, Masyn Winn drove in two runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Sunday for a split in the teams' four-game series. “If we stick to it and keep playing our kind of baseball, we should be good," Winn said. Rookie catcher Pedro Pagés knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly, singled and scored twice for the Cardinals, who won for just the third time in 10 games.