Sunday, April 7, 2013

HBT: Davis 4th ever with HR in first four games

It?s official: Chris Davis is the hottest hitter on the planet right now.

Davis? early season rampage continued in the Orioles? home opener this afternoon, as he delivered a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the club to a 9-5 comeback win over the Twins.

The opposite-field blast capped a five-run rally. The table was set when Twins manager Ron Gardenhire elected to walk Nick Markakis intentionally to load the bases. After Adam Jones delivered a game-tying single, Gardenhire took out Casey Fien and brought in Tyler Robertson to face Davis. It backfired in a big way.

Davis went 2-for-5 with five RBI on the afternoon and is now hitting .600 (9-for-15) with four home runs and 16 RBI over the first four games this season. His OPS is sitting at 2.211. He?s just the fourth player ever to homer in the first four games of a season, joining Willie Mays (1971), Mark McGwire (1998) and Nelson Cruz (2011).

Davis actually has 11 home runs over his last 11 regular season games dating back to last season. He was homerless in six games during the team?s postseason run.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/05/chris-davis-becomes-fourth-player-in-mlb-history-to-homer-in-first-four-games-of-season/related/

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