Indians prospect Cord Phelps helps Team USA rout Bartolo Colon and the Dominican Republic in Pan-Am qualifying game.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Indians prospect Cord Phelps helped Team USA beat the Dominican Republic, 8-3, Tuesday with an RBI single and two runs scored in the Pan American qualifying tournament in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Team USA's Pan American Qualifying team is 4-0 in pool-play.
Bartolo Colon, 37, started for the Dominican. The former Indians right-hander lasted only 2 1/3 innings. He allowed six earned runs on seven hits with one walk. Colon, 37, won the Cy Young for the Angels in 2005. He's 1-1 in the tournament.
Phelps, who started at second base Tuesday, is hitting .273 (3-for-11) with three runs and three RBI. Phelps, who helped Class AAA Columbus win the International League championship and the Triple-A championship, will go to the Arizona Fall League after this tournament.
He's scheduled to play third base and could put himself in line for a big-league look by the Indians next year.
Jose Constanza, another member of the Columbus Clippers championship team, went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base for the Dominican.