Manny Machado Notches Fourth Straight Multi-Hit Game
3 years agoSan Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado has been heating up at the plate lately. He has strung together four consecutive multi-hit games, including a two-homer game on Tuesday. He's slashing .329/.372/.534 over the month of September as a whole. The 29-year-old veteran has had a bit of a disappointing season overall, especially considering his stellar .304/.370/.580 slash line last year. Through 143 games in 2021, he's slashing .282/.348/.493 with 26 home runs, 12 stolen bases, 96 RBI and 89 runs. He has a career-high 52.3% hard-hit rate this year, which is up from 43.5% last year. He also ranks in the 96th percentile in average exit velocity (93.1 mph). We'll see if he's able to stay hot and close the year out strong.
Source: ESPN
Source: ESPN