Luis Arraez’s Individual Excellence Helps Team Succeed miami marlinswho have won five games in a row going into their second game in three games against the visitors toronto blue jays Tuesday
Arraez hit his second five-hit game in four days on Monday marlin crushed blue bird 11-0. The second baseman’s third five-hit game of the season lifted his scoring average to .400
“I think he gets hit five times every other day,” marlin Manager Skip Schumaker said. “He’s a big hit against good pitchers.
With five more hits this year, Arraez will tie the modern major league record of five hits held by Ty Cobb (1922), Stan Musial (1948), Tony Gwynn (1993) and Ichiro Suzuki (2004) The game’s record for a season.
Arraez had a .402 batting average through June 10, then went 1-for-17 over the next four games for a .378 batting average. He’s 11-of-14 from the field in his past three games.
The team’s success has attracted Arraez, who was acquired in an offseason trade with the Minnesota Twins after winning the American League batting title with a . 316 mark last year.
“It’s been a lot of fun because we won and everybody got hit, so I’m excited for this team,” Alaz said. “Everyone is starting to trust this team now. When I first got here, I trusted this team because we had backup, we started, we had a good defense. It’s fun, man , this is very interesting.”
this marlin Tuesday will try to stay behind Eury Perez (4-1, 1.80 ERA).The rookie right-hander has never faced Toronto, but the 20-year-old Dominican Republic native has a 2.84 ERA in four games in May and a 0.56 ERA in three games in June. impressed
Toronto will use Yusuke Kikuchi (6-2, 4.31) against Perez. The 32-year-old Japanese left-hander, who has never faced Miami, is 4-0 with a 3.00 ERA in April. He slipped in May (2-2, 5.83), but has bounced back in three starts in June so far (0-0, 3.68).
this blue birdFour people who have lost three games in a row and five games in a row, they are determined not to panic
After all, it’s still early days, and Toronto is a proven team that has made the playoffs twice in the past three years. In the third quarter of 2021, blue bird Just one game short of missing the playoffs
The stats suggest they are a mid-table team.this blue bird They’re tied for 10th in the majors in hitting percentage and slugging percentage (.747), and they’re 12th in runs (330) and 14th in home runs (83).
On the mound, the Jays rank 14th in the majors in ERA (4.10), a number that jumped from 3.99 after Toronto gave up 11 runs and 19 hits. marlin on Monday
“We have to tighten up,” blue bird Manager John Schneider said, “Both on the mound and on the pitch.
First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was optimistic about the team’s slump.
“It happened,” he said. “You can’t put your head down. You just have to keep fighting and keep trying to win every game. It hurts, but we’re not down.”
–Field-level media