Seattle Rodriguez, Altuve 2,000 hits cold water… 4 games, 17 hits show
Houston Astros’ main infielder Jose Altuve (33) and Seattle Mariners’ outfielder Julio Rodriguez (23) wrote meaningful records one after another in one game.
American Professional Baseball
MLB all-time record for most hits in four games… 4 or more hits in 4 consecutive games
Altuve started as the first batter and second baseman in the 2023 American Professional Baseball (MLB) home game against Seattle
held at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas on the 20th (Korean time), hitting 3 hits in 5 at-bats (1 home run) and hitting 2,000
He congratulated himself on the breakthrough.
Altuve
Altuve, who had 1,998 hits in his personal career before the game, became the seventh active player to reach 2,000 hits. 바카라
At the end of the first inning, Altuve hit a left-handed hit,
the 1,999th of his personal career, at the end of the 5th, trailing 2-6, he hit a double that hit the left wall and scored 2,000 hits.
According to MLB.com, Altuve also set records for the fewest games ever with 2,000 hits, 200 hits, and 200 stolen bases.
Altuve, who has been active in the MLB since 2011,
has played in a total of 1,631 games, hitting 201 home runs and stealing 291 bases.
Pete Rose
The player with the most hits in MLB history is Pete Rose (82),
who played from 1963 to 1986, with a total of 4,256 hits.
Second is Ty Cobb (4,191), third is Hank Aaron (3,771) and fourth is Stan Musial (3,630).
Among active players, Miguel Cabrera (40, Detroit Tigers),
who will retire after this season, is in first place with 3,148.
Altuve added a hit to left in the seventh.
Houston home fans chanted Altuve and cheered one-sidedly,
but the main character of the game was different.
Rodriguez started as Seattle’s first batter in center field and played an active role with 4 hits in 6 at-bats, 2 runs and 1 steal.
On the 17th, in an away game against the Kansas City Royals,
he went 4-for-6 with 2 RBIs and 2 steals, went 5 at-bats and 5 RBIs against Kansas on the 18th, and went 4 hits in 5 (1 home run),
1 RBI and 2 steals against Houston on the 19th.
Danin Rodriguez also showered hits in the game that day.
In his last 4 games, he recorded 17 hits in 22 at-bats.
MLB . com introduced, “The 17 hits in 4 games broke Milt Stock’s record of 16 hits,
which he played for the Brooklyn Robins (now Los Angeles Dodgers) in 1925.”
Seattle
Rodriguez recorded a heavy hit in the top of the 1st inning, a strikeout in the top of the 3rd inning,
a hit to the right in the top of the 4th, an infield hit to 3rd in the top of the 6th, a hit to the left in the 8th, a strikeout on a swing in the 9th.
Seattle, led by Rodriguez, won 10-3, putting cold water on Altuve’s 2,000-hit celebration.
Seattle, which won 5 consecutive wins, kept the 3rd place in the American League Wild Card, which had a postseason berth.
They maintained a half-game gap with the 4th place Toronto Blue Jays.