For Arizona Diamondbacks utility player Brandon Drury, this past week seemed a watershed mark in his young career.
By last Sunday, he ended a weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a walk-off single to beat the first place So Cal club. Drury went 4-for-5 Sunday with a double and a home run. In 30 games after Sunday’s effort, Drury batted .367/.430/.592. In prior 15 games in that period, he batted .448/.522/.776. It may be a gross understatement to say that this 24-year-old rookie is just plain smoking.
In the one-week period ending Sept.