After throwing a career-high seven shutout innings in high Single-A Lake Elsinore’s 2-1 loss at Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday, MacKenzie Gore can officially pack his bags for this weekend’s All-Star Futures Game.
He might not bring them back to Lake Elsinore.
The 20-year-old left-hander fanned nine more batters and scattered three hits and three walks over a 93-pitch effort that lowered his ERA to a California League-best 1.02 over 79 1/3 innings with the Storm (7-6, 42-39). Over that stretch, Gore – ranked the third-best prospect in the game by MLB.com – has fanned 110 batters, held opposing hitters to a .