Make that a 28-game hitting streak for Ethier; infield single keeps streak alive
And the beat goes on …
Another game, another hit for Andre Ethier. Just like the last 27 games.
Ethier continued his career-high hitting streak Monday night with an infield hit in the fifth inning off the glove of shortstop Starlin Castro.
That pushed the longest hitting streak in the majors in two years to 28 consecutive games. It’s the second-longest hitting streak in Los Angeles Dodgers history. Willie Davis holds the all-time franchise mark with a 31-game hitting streak set in 1969.
This was the second time in consecutive games that Ethier kept alive his hitting streak with an infield hit.
With runners on the corners and two outs, Either hit a drive off left-hander James Russell into the hole between third and short. The speedy Starlin managed to close in on the drive, but it ricocheted off his glove.
Starlin was running away from first deep into the hole, and even if he had held onto the ball, there is no way to assume he could have leapt in the air and fired in time to get Ethier.
The single scored the Dodgers’ third run of the inning, to give them a 5-1 lead.
-- Steve Dilbeck
With runners on the corners and two outs, Either hit a drive off left-hander James Russell into the hole between third and short. The speedy Starlin managed to close in on the drive, but it ricocheted off his glove.
Starlin was running away from first deep into the hole, and even if he had held onto the ball, there is no way to assume he could have leapt in the air and fired in time to get Ethier.
The single scored the Dodgers’ third run of the inning, to give them a 5-1 lead.
-- Steve Dilbeck
Photo: Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier (16) follows through on a single in the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs to extend his hitting streak to 28 games at Dodger Stadium on May 2, 2011. Credit: Kirby Lee / US Presswire
Andre ties Willie D Friday in New York, becomes the Dodger record holder at 32 Saturday. Ties the NL record at 44 May 19 in LA vs the Giants, sets the league record May 20 in Chicago, oddly against the AL White Sox. Ties DiMaggio June 1 in LA vs the Rox, sets the new record at Fifty-Seven June 3 in Cincy. Kemp wins batting title and Dodgers finish hovering around .500. McCourt and Colletti exit town picking feathers off tar-covered bodies October 1st, new owner gives Donnie Baseball till the All-Star break of 2012 to stop managing like Joe Torre and fleshes out roster around Ethier and Kemp with actual whatchacall good players. Dodgers deliciously beat wild card Frisco in the NLCS (still talking 2012, now) and sweeeps the Yanks with Jeter, who they're stuck with playing 160 games and batting .215 for the year. In 9th inning of Game 4, A-Rod and Jeter get in fistfight on the field. What a disgrace. Dodgers resume traditional place in baseball hierarchy, Great Dodger in the Sky weeps for joy, and world does not end in December after all.
Posted by: Native Angeleno | 05/03/2011 at 10:25 AM