Tagged: Collin Cowgill

D-backs select Cowgill from Reno

Photo by Jordan Megenhardt

By Greg Dillard

From the start of the 2011 season, Collin Cowgill lit up Pacific Coast League pitching, emerging as an offensive force in the Reno lineup.

Cowgill’s standout season has earned him the opportunity to play at the Major League level. The D-backs purchased his contract from Triple-A on Tuesday, and he was penciled in manager Kirk Gibson’s starting lineup batting eighth as the  left fielder.

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