Minnesota Twins third baseman Jose Miranda tied a Main League Baseball document on Saturday by getting successful in his twelfth consecutive at-bat. He grew to become solely the fourth participant in MLB historical past to perform the feat.
Miranda, 26, tied the document with singles within the second and fourth innings in opposition to Houston Astros pitcher Hunter Brown. The gamers he joined are approach again in MLB’s historical past books: Johnny Kling of the Chicago Cubs (1902), the Boston Crimson Sox‘s Pinky Higgins (1938) and Walt Dropo of the Detroit Tigers (1952).
José Miranda ties the Main League document with successful in 12 straight at-bats!
That is solely the 4th time that this milestone has been reached in MLB historical past, and the primary time since 1952! 🤯
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Nevertheless, the third-year main leaguer compiled the longest consecutive hit streak since MLB expanded in 1961. Boston’s Dustin Pedroia bought hits in 11 straight at-bats in 2016, whereas Bernie Williams of the New York Yankees did it in 2002.
Miranda was hit by a pitch in his first plate look on Saturday, giving him 13 consecutive plate apperances by which he reached base. That set a Twins franchise document and was the longest streak since Kevin Youkilis did it for the Crimson Sox in 2009. Nevertheless, Miranda fell wanting the MLB document of 17 by Piggy Ward in 1893.
The streak ended within the sixth inning when Miranda flied out to left middle area. The gang at Goal Subject gave him an ovation for his achievement.
“All of the exhausting work pays off and stuff like this, you do not see each day,” Miranda informed Bally Sports activities North’s Audra Martin after the sport. “It is superior to be part of this.”
Miranda put himself in a superb place to tie the document on Friday evening, going 4-for-4 with a house run. With that, he broke the Twins’ franchise document with 10 hits in 10 consecutive plate appearances, passing a mark beforehand set by Mickey Hatcher, Todd Walker and Corridor of Famer Tony Oliva.
The final main leaguer to get hits in 10 straight at-bats was Corey Dickerson, who did it for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2022.
For the season, Miranda is batting .328 with a .901 OPS, 20 doubles, 9 residence runs and 43 RBI in 262 plate appearances.
Miranda’s achievement got here in a 9–3 win for the Twins over the Astros.
