Alex Guerrero played his third rehab game with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday, finishing 2 for 3 with a walk at the plate as the Quakes’ designated hitter.
Both of Guerrero’s hits were singles; he also scored a run. He’s 4 for 12 with four runs scored and three RBIs in the three games with Rancho Cucamonga.
Guerrero hasn’t played since spring training because of a lingering knee injury.
In his second rehab game with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, Alex Guerrero played nine innings in left field and hit a two-run home run in the first inning Wednesday.
Guerrero finished 1 for 4 with two RBIs and struck out once against the Lancaster JetHawks. The Dodgers’ utilityman is rehabbing a knee injury he sustained in spring training.
The Quakes won 6-5 on a two-run rally in the ninth inning.
Howie Kendrick went 2 for 5 with two doubles and an RBI for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. He played nine errorless innings at second base against the Lake Elsinore Storm in what is expected to be his final minor league rehab game.
Kendrick is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left calf muscle.
SAN FRANCISCO — Howie Kendrick and Yasmani Grandal are beginning minor league rehab assignments today, Kendrick with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and Grandal with Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Both players are expected to be activated from the 15-day disabled list in time for the Dodgers’ home opener Tuesday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — In his longest outing of spring training so far, Dodgers pitching prospect Yadier Alvarez was clocked at 100 mph on the radar gun in his third and final inning of a Single-A game against the Kansas City Royals at Camelback Ranch.
Two of the three scouts I spoke with had the 20-year-old clocked at 100; the other had him topping out at 99.
The Dodgers are expected to assign Alvarez to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga or Great Lakes to begin the season. Alvarez, who is from Cuba, signed with the Dodgers for a $16 million bonus last July.