Major League Baseball’s 2018 National League MVP is off to a scorching begin this season for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Christian Yelich hit his fourth house run in as many video games to start out the 2019 season Sunday, tying an MLB report. Take a have a look at No. four in opposition to the St. Louis Cardinals:
Other MLB gamers who’ve completed the feat embody Trevor Story (2016), Chris Davis (2013), Nelson Cruz (2011), Mark McGwire (1998) and Willie Mays (1971).
Yelich joined some elite firm in his newest feat, and has vastly improved since being traded from the Miami Marlins in 2017. The 27-year-old was a first-time All-Star, gained the NL Silver Slugger Award and the NL Hank Aaron Award in 2018.
The outfielder ended the 2018 common season with a .326 batting common, .402 on-base proportion and a .598 slugging proportion. So far throughout the 2019 season, Yelich has a .400 BA, .538 OBP and a 1.300 SLG.
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