Miami Marlins’ Luis Araez is on the verge of returning with a .400 batting average.
Araez started as the first batter and second baseman in an away game against the 2023 Major League Baseball Washington Nationals held at Nationals Park in Washington, DC, USA on the 17th (Korean time). On the day, he went 5-for-5 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. Miami won 6-5.토토사이트
Araez’s bat was hot throughout the game. He came up as the lead batter in the first inning and got a heavy hit, and in the second inning, when he was second out and first base, he fired a superior two-run four. In the 4th inning, he scored 1 RBI with 1 out, 1st and 2nd base, and in the 7th inning, he hit a left-handed hit as the lead batter. In the ninth inning, he hit a heavy hit to get the leadoff batter on base.
▲Miami Marlins Luis Araez.
With this game, Araez’s batting average was 0.390. On the 12th against the Chicago White Sox, he went 1-for-5 and his .400 batting average collapsed, but he raised his batting average by demonstrating his driving ability.
On the same day, MLB.com, the official homepage of the Major League Baseball, said, “No season can be perfect. Baseball is too hard, too hard, and fundamentally rooted in failure. Araez went hitless in the last three games, but overcame it and started moving toward history again,” Araez said.
After the game, Araez said, “Baseball is very difficult. It is difficult to record a batting average of 0.400,” but expressed his desire to achieve a great record, saying, “But it is not impossible. I want to hit in every at-bat.”
▲Miami Marlins Luis Araez.
400 batting average is the realm of dreams. Even in the major leagues, no hitter has posted a batting average of 0.400 since Ted Williams in 1941. In 1994, a season shortened by a strike, Tony Gwynn posted a batting average of 0.394. He has raised his batting average to close to 40%.
With the season still a long way off, it’s unclear whether Araez will be able to hit .400 at the end of the season. The media said, ‘The season has three and a half months left. In order for Araez to record a batting average of 40%, he needs to maintain a hot hitting feeling,” he said, expecting Araez’s performance.