Diving into a 7-0 hole didn’t slow Jackson down one bit Sunday.
The Rockies’ 37th overall pick this summer kept stacking quality at-bats for Single-A Fresno, finishing with his first four-hit game in a wild 10-9, 11-inning win over Stockton at Chukchansi Park. He drove in three runs, scored twice and kept the Grizzlies alive after they were staring at a massive early deficit.
Jackson’s day started to turn in the fourth, when he came up with runners on first and second and punched a single to bring home Fresno’s first run. That hit stretched his streak to five straight games with a knock.
He came through again in the sixth, lining another RBI single through the left side to help spark a five-run inning. Jackson kept moving after that, taking third on a Ronny Ugarte double before scoring on a wild pitch.
The biggest swing of the day came in the ninth. With Fresno still trailing by two, Jackson followed a leadoff walk with an RBI double to deep right-center field, coming inches from a game-tying homer. He later crossed the plate on an Ugarte single to pull the Grizzlies even, but Stockton escaped the inning by stranding the bases loaded and forcing extras.
Jackson added one more single in the 10th, though he was left at first when the inning ended on back-to-back lineouts. Cort MacDonald finished it in the 11th with a walk-off single.
By the time it was over, Jackson was 4-for-6. That pushed his line to .385/.520/.692 through 11 games, with five multi-hit performances, three home runs and three doubles.
The 21-year-old catcher/designated hitter, the Rockies’ No. 6 prospect, arrived with plenty of buzz after a massive 2026 season at Bulldog. He became the first catcher in Division I history to hit 25 homers and steal 25 bases in the same season, and he also became the third Triple Crown winner in SEC history with a .379 average, 32 home runs and a school-record 87 RBIs.
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