1. 12 games (07/11/2018 to 08/24/2018)
Below are details about his longest hit streak of 12 games:
- He went 26 for 54: .481
- He was batting .226 when the hit streak began and was batting .320 by the end.
- He was batting 1st for 2 games, 2nd for 8 games, 6th for 1 game and 9th for 1 game.
- He had 3 3-hit games, 8 2-hit games and 1 1-hit game.
- He had an 11-game multi-hit streak which is tied for 3rd in the history of baseball since 1908:
After his first four games he missed a little more than a week with concussion like symptoms after a collision at first base.
After his 11th game he missed almost a month after he hurt his knee and ankle trying to advance to second on a throw on his third hit of the game. His first game back he got a hit but his multi-hit streak came to an end.
- His first hit came in the following plate appearances:
-1st plate appearance: 7 times
- 2nd plate appearance: 3 times
- 3rd plate appearance: 2 times
- His second hit during his multi-hit streak came in the following plate appearances:
- 2nd plate appearance: 2 times
- 3rd plate appearance: 5 times
- 4th plate appearance: 3 times
- 5th plate appearance: 1 time
- His first hit came in the following innings:
- 1st inning: 5 times
- 2nd inning: 2 times
- 3rd inning: 3 times
- 5th inning: 2 times
- His second hit during the multi-hit streak came in the following innings:
- 2nd inning: 1 time
- 3rd inning: 1 time
- 4th inning: 1 time
- 5th inning: 1 time
- 6th inning: 2 times
- 7th inning: 2 times
- 8th inning: 2 times
- 9th inning: 1 time
- His first hit for each game was 8 singles, 2 doubles and 2 homers.
- His second hit during his multi-hit streak was 10 singles and 1 homer.
- His total hits during the streak were 20 singles, 3 doubles and 3 homers.
- He had 10 total RBI's.
- Closest call to breaking the overall hitting streak were none as he got his first hit by at least the 5th inning every game during the 12-game streak.
- Closest call to breaking his multi-hit streak was against the Twins when he got a single to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning on his 5th plate appearance of the night.
- Here is a link to a video of Gurriel extending his multi-hit streak to 11 games: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/blue-jays-vs-white-sox/2018/07/29/530999#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=530999
- His multi-hit streak ended against the Phillies:
- He went 1-4.
- He was 1-3 against Jake Arrieta with one of the strikeouts coming on a very questionable check swing
- He went 0-1 against Hector Neris with a strikeout for his final at bat in the bottom of the 7th.
- Here is a link to a video of Asdrubal Cabrera robbing Gurriel of an infield hit in the 1st inning which proved to be the difference in keeping him from extending the multi-hit streak: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/phillies-vs-blue-jays/2018/08/24/531335#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=531335
- His multi-hit streak was against some pretty decent pitching too for the most part. The starters for those 11 games were: Mike Foltynewicz, David Price, Rick Porcello, Eduardo Rodriguez, Andrew Cashner, Adalbert Mejia, Jose Berrios, Ervin Santana, Reynaldo Lopez, Lucas Giolito and Carlos Rodon.
- His streak ended against the Phillies:
- He went 0-3 with a walk.
- He was 0-3 against Nick Pivetta with two infiield lineouts
- He was walked in the 8th in his final plate appearance against Seranthony Dominguez
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