Welcome to the record books, Yermin Mercedes.
The Chicago White Sox rookie went 8-for-8 to start 2021, the most consecutive hits to start a season by any player in the modern era (since 1900).
Mercedes, who had one major league at-bat entering the season, going 0-for-1 in 2020, has started at DH the past two games and tortured the Angels with his two-strike hitting -- five of the eight hits have come with two strikes.
After homering in the second inning on Saturday for his first career home run, Mercedes' eighth straight hit came in the sixth inning, a double that bounced off the warning track in left-center.