Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado smacked a first-inning double off Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis on Wednesday evening in Arlington, Texas, extending his hitting streak to 27 games and tying Michael Cuddyer for the longest hitting streak in the 21-year history of the Rockies franchise.
(Cuddyer set his 27-game mark in 2013).
Arenado, a budding star at age 23, is now batting .329 with an .894 OPS in 36 games this season while offering elite-level defense at third base. According to MLB.com’s Thomas Harding, the last time someone 23 or younger had a hitting streak this long was in 2003, when Albert Pujols hit in 30 straight games for the Cardinals. Here is Arenado’s record-tying double from Wednesday ...
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Joe DiMaggio has the longest hitting streak in major league history at 56 games. He set that in 1941.
