Greg Bird continued a blistering run for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday night, going 3-for-5 with a triple, two home runs and four RBIs in the RailRiders' 7-2 win over Columbus.
The Yankees' No. 4 prospect has hit in six straight games, improving his average from .256 to .296. Bird has six homers and 18 RBIs since joining Scranton on July 4 and his recent stretch shows why the Yankees declined to part with him before the Trade Deadline.
Wednesday, he hit a deep homer in his first at-bat, tripled in his second and then homered again in his third plate appearance.