Bryan Reynolds' hitting streak came down to his final at-bat and his final strike. But he swatted a 1-2 sinker up the middle off Jesse Chavez in the eighth inning to extend it to 24 games:
It's the longest streak in Major League Baseball this season, the longest for the Pirates since Kenny Lofton's 26 in 2003. The official longest streak in franchise history -- and I really hate this, since it spreads across two seasons -- was Charlie Grimm's 30 games spanning 1922 and 1923. But that's how they roll.
In this game, he went 1 for 3 with a hit by pitch. For the streak, he's batting .351.
One bummer: His right ankle was iced after this game, I noticed in the clubhouse.
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4:32 am - 06.29.2024AtlantaBryan Reynolds' hitting streak came down to his final at-bat and his final strike. But he swatted a 1-2 sinker up the middle off Jesse Chavez in the eighth inning to extend it to 24 games:
It's the longest streak in Major League Baseball this season, the longest for the Pirates since Kenny Lofton's 26 in 2003. The official longest streak in franchise history -- and I really hate this, since it spreads across two seasons -- was Charlie Grimm's 30 games spanning 1922 and 1923. But that's how they roll.
In this game, he went 1 for 3 with a hit by pitch. For the streak, he's batting .351.
One bummer: His right ankle was iced after this game, I noticed in the clubhouse.
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