I think it’s safe to say that everyone had to enjoy last nights game. Well, except maybe Mike Maroth who had Omar Infante and Matt Anderson throw away yet another win-but then again at least he didn’t get a loss. Dmitri Young exploded going 5-5, 2 HR’s, 2 3B’s and 5 RBI. If lashing out at the fans is what it takes to get Dmitri motivated, so be it. Aside from Young, the most refreshing thing about last nights game was the two out hitting. In the third inning, with two outs Infante doubled, Higginson singled, and Young tripled. Pena kept the inning alive with a walk before Monroe flew out to center.
I’m sure that next week Jayson Stark will have some interesting stats about Dmitri’s game, but here are a couple quick ones until then”
-Young had 15 total bases last night. The team didn’t get it’s 15th base until the 4th game of the season
-Young now has 45 total bases on the season, meaning that a third of them came in one game. The barrage raised his slugging percentage from .300 to .429 and his OPS from .555 to .716
-Young had 5 RBI last night. It took him 24 games to get his first 5 RBI of the season