Christian Yelich rockets to the number two slot in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings as he goes six for six and hits for the cycle in the Brewers 13-12 extra-inning win over the Reds. The game featured nine home runs (including one by Billy Hamilton) and 16 extra-base hits. Yelich did it without a lot of batting practice due to the rain:
“Honestly? In the cage today, it was a zoo,” he said, referring to the afternoon rain that washed out batting practice and delayed the first pitch by 27 minutes. “We didn’t have any [batting practice] on the field today. You do your flip routine. It was just one of those days where it was ‘not it.’
“You leave there and go, ‘All right, we’re going to go out there and find a way to compete. Do anything you can to help the guys win.’ Baseball is a crazy game that way. Things that you don’t really expect to happen in this game happen. It was one of those nights.”
Yelich is on a nice power tear, with 12 of his last 20 hits going for extra bases.
Earlier in the day, Alex Bregman went 2 for 3 with two walks to remain in first place. Mike Trout drops to third as the Angels had the night off, J.D. Martinez stands fourth with Justin Turner right behind him.
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