Jorge Soler, Adam Duvall tied for longest active hitting streaks in National League
Braves sluggers Jorge Soler and Adam Duvall extended their career-best 11-game hitting streaks in Tuesday’s loss to the Rockies. Both have the longest active runs in the National League.
Soler extended his streak with a first-inning double. Duvall’s two-run homer in the eighth kept his run alive. It was Duvall’s 35th home run, setting a new career high, and gave him 101 RBIs. It’s the second time Duvall has collected 100 RBIs in a season (2016).
Soler, meanwhile, bested his previous longest streak of 10 games, which he achieved twice. He’s hit .300 (15-for-50) over his current run with seven extra-base hits (two homers) and six RBIs.
Only the Angels’ Jared Walsh has a longer active streak than the Braves’ two power hitters. Walsh, a Georgia product, is on a 12-game run.
BRAVES MAGIC NUMBER: Atlanta’s magic number to clinch the NL East dropped to 15 with the Phillies’ loss Tuesday. (The “magic number” formula is number of games remaining on the leading team’s schedule [19], add one [20], then subtract the number of games the first-place team leads by in loss column [-5].)
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