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Minors: Boog Powell homers in third straight game

Boog Powell homered in a third straight game, but Triple-A El Paso lost a 6-2 decision against Albuquerque on Wednesday.

Powell also singled and walked twice. He is hitting .458/.567/.833 with three home runs.

Seth Mejias-Brean also hit his fourth home run as a pinch-hitter, lift his batting line to .322/.350/.470.

Left-hander Kyle McGrath (1-1, 7.05) allowed five runs in 1 2/3 innings in relief to take the loss after right-hander Fernando Rodriguez Jr. (4.91) started the game with three shutout innings.

El Paso is 23-10.