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Reds prospect robbed at gunpoint in NC

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Billy Hamilton (Source: Bakersfield Blaze) Billy Hamilton (Source: Bakersfield Blaze)

A top Reds prospect was robbed at gunpoint while in Winston Salem, N.C. for the Single-A All-Star Game.

Billy Hamilton, an infielder for the Bakersfield Blaze, was robbed Tuesday morning of an undetermined amount of cash, according to a police report from Winston Salem Police.

Hamilton and another man, Terrance Bester, of Taylorsville, Miss., were robbed by two unknown suspects. According to FOX8 in Winston Salem, the suspects took off in a blue Pontiac Grand Am.

The same suspects are also accused of trying to rob an umpire just moments before, according to FOX8.

No one was hurt.

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