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Ketel Marte hitting streak: Diamondbacks star's batting average drops during 21-game hitting streak
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Date:2025-01-13 19:25:16
The Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte went 2-for-5 against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, and climb up the ranking of the longest hit streaks in franchise history.
Marte didn't waste any time extending his streak, singling in the top of the first inning of Arizona's 6-0 win against the Dodgers, helping the Diamondbacks move to 24-26 on the season and win two of the three games in the series against Los Angeles.
He also hit a solo home run in the eighth inning that hit off the foul pole.
He is now hitting .291 on the season, with a .339 on base percentage and a .523 slugging percentage.
But it's the 21-game hitting streak, the longest in MLB this season, that is all anyone wants to talk about.
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Where Ketel Marte's hitting streak ranks in DBacks history
Marte climbed up to No. 4 on the list of the longest hit streaks in DBacks history with the hits against the Dodgers on Wednesday, the 21st consecutive game he has gotten at least one hit.
He moved into a tie with Danny Bautista, who had a 21-game hitting streak in 2004.
The three Diamondbacks hit streaks ahead of Marte?
Tony Womack had a 24-game hit streak in 2000, Paul Goldschmidt had a 26-game hit streak in 2013 and Luis Gonzalez went 30 straight games with a hit in 1999.
Hitting streak no fluke for Ketel Marte
Interestingly, this isn't the first 20-game hitting streak for Marte, who holds the MLB record for the longest postseason hitting streak.
Marte had hits in his first 20 MLB playoff games, beginning on Oct. 14, 2017, through Game 5 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers on Nov. 1, 2023.
The second longest MLB postseason hit streak is 17 games, a feat that was accomplished by Hank Bauer (1956-58), Derek Jeter (2003-04) and Manny Ramirez (2003-04).
Not too shabby.
Interesting fact about Ketel Marte's hitting streak
Several social media posts pointed out after Marte's streak reached 20 games on Tuesday that his batting average has actually dipped during his 20-game hitting streak.
Now that's interesting.
He had a .307 batting average before his streak. His batting average was at .289 after Tuesday's win, but went up to .291 with his two hits on Wednesday.
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