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Arod Saddles Up to Iron Horse in the Record Book

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In last night’s 15-3 drubbing of the Baltimore Orioles, Alex Rodriguez tied Lou Gehrig for one record and moved to within a nose of the Iron Horse for another.

During the Yankees seven run outburst in the eighth inning, Alex Rodriguez capped off the scoring with a grand slam. The bases loaded clout was the 22nd of Arod’s career, bringing him within one of the record held by Gehrig.

Grandslam Leader Board

  Grand Slams
Lou Gehrig 23
Alex Rodriguez 22
Manny Ramirez 21
Eddie Murray 19
Willie McCovey 18
Robin Ventura 18
Jimmie Foxx 17
Ted Williams 17
Hank Aaron 16
Dave Kingman 16

Source: Baseball-almanac.com

In the inning, which represented the first time the Yankees had scored more than three runs in a single frame (the last team in baseball to accomplish the feat), Rodriguez also increased his RBI total in the game to six. It was the 14th game in which Arod knocked in at least six runs, tying Gehrig for the most ever.

Most Games with 6 or More RBIs

  G HR RBI AVG OBP SLG
Lou Gehrig 14 26 96 0.694 0.732 2.129
Alex Rodriguez 14 24 92 0.662 0.667 1.789
Babe Ruth 12 25 76 0.691 0.712 2.218
Joe DiMaggio 12 20 79 0.712 0.742 1.966
Dave Kingman 11 25 73 0.561 0.583 1.947
Ted Williams 10 17 67 0.638 0.702 1.830
Al Simmons 10 15 61 0.632 0.644 1.596
Jimmie Foxx 9 17 63 0.689 0.725 2.044
Mel Ott 8 16 50 0.658 0.690 2.053
Jack Clark 8 14 50 0.600 0.619 1.829

Source: Baseball-reference.com

With several more productive seasons left in his career, Alex Rodriguez will have the chance to rewrite a good portion of the record book. For obvious reasons, some people might bristle at that possibility. Others might simply lament the slow eradication of names like Gehrig from atop many all-time lists. However, that last concern really isn’t warranted. The great chain of baseball history links together the game’s best players; it doesn’t break them apart.

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Game 18 Batter/Pitcher Matchups: Orioles vs. Yankees

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vs. Jake Arrieta PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI
Derek Jeter SS 9 0.375 0.444 0.500 0 1
Curtis Granderson CF 8 0.143 0.250 0.429 0 1
Mark Teixeira 1B 9 0.333 0.333 0.556 0 1
Alex Rodriguez 3B 3 1.000 0.667 2.000 0 1
Robinson Cano 2B 9 0.375 0.444 0.625 0 2
Nick Swisher RF 8 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 1
Jorge Posada DH 8 0.143 0.250 0.286 0 1
Russell Martin C 2 0.500 0.500 0.500 0 0
Brett Gardner LF 6 0.167 0.167 0.167 0 0
Total 62 0.255 0.328 0.418 0 8
             
vs. Freddy Garcia PA BA OBP SLG HR RBI
Brian Roberts 2B 24 0.476 0.542 0.952 2 5
Nick Markakis RF 6 0.750 0.667 0.750 0 2
Derek Lee 1B 12 0.273 0.333 0.273 0 1
Vladimir Guerrero DH 27 0.222 0.222 0.481 1 6
Luke Scott LF 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0
Adam Jones CF 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0
Mark Reynolds 3B 4 0.333 0.500 0.667 0 0
Matt Wieters C 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0 0
Cesar Izturis SS 3 1.000 1.000 1.333 0 0
Total 76 0.377 0.429 0.652 3 14

 

Yankees vs. Orioles    
Season: 2011 Season: 2010 Season: 2009 All-Time
NYY: 3-0 NYY: 13-5 NYY: 13-5 NYY: 1238-843
       
  Last 10 Away vs. RHP
Yankees 7-3 3-3 8-4
  Last 10 Home vs. RHP
Orioles 2-8 5-6 7-7

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