Corey Seager Hit Three Home Runs On The Same Night That Kyle Seager Hit A Walk-Off For The Mariners
My head wouldn’t be able to fit through the door today if I were Jeff Seager, the father of Corey and Kyle Seager. If my DNA created two major leaguers who, on the same night, hit three home runs and a walk-off double, you would never fucking hear the end of it for the rest of my life. One night, I had sex and created destruction in Major League Baseball. Think about that.
After winning the NL Rookie of the Year award last year, Corey Seager has followed that up so far with a .904 OPS, which is second to only the Reds’ Zack Cozart among all major league shortstops who qualify. After a career year last year, Kyle Seager has taken a little bit of a step back in 2017, but his walk-off double in the bottom of the tenth last night gave him his 42nd RBI of the year. That still puts him on a pace to drive in over 90 runs for the third time in the last four seasons.
It was an exciting win for the Mariners, but they’re not going anywhere this year. You know who is? The Dodgers, and they can’t stop winning. After losing three straight — one to the Brewers, two to the Nationals — the Dodgers have now won 11 of their last 12 games, and they’re leading the majors with an even seven runs per game over that span. If it weren’t for Cody Bellinger hitting the Christ out of everything (1.428 OPS), then Seager would lead the team in OPS over this 12-game tear, but he’ll have to settle for second place (1.265 OPS).