Having reached base in his last eight games, Nathan Martorella is hitting .333 during that stretch for the Miami Marlins Double A team in Pensacola.
The left-handed hitting Salinas graduate has 10 hits, while driving in 10 runs over his last eight games, with nine walks, giving him a .485 on base-percentage.
In 244 at bats for Pensacola, Martorella has hit six homers and driven in 32 runs. He’s walked 36 times, while scoring 28, compiling a .328 on-base percentage.
Drafted in the fifth round in 2022 by the San Diego Padres, the 6-foot-2 first baseman was traded to the Marlins organization in midseason last year.
In four minor league seasons at three different levels, the 2019 Herald Male Athlete of the Year has hit 47 homers with 196 RBI and 183 walks.
Martorella, who spent spring training with the Marlins parent club, was a four-time member of The Herald’s All-County baseball team and an All-Pac 12 selection at Cal.