Forget that game in Detroit a couple of years ago. In terms of describing Jake Bauers’s career one day — which is hopefully a happy tale — today will be remembered as the day he finally turned it all around. The day that he added two hits in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox is the one a grey-haired Mr. Bauers will tell his grandchildren as they gather ‘round the holocampfire or whatever.
After being held to one hit over the first 17 at-bats of the season, Bauers hit two against the White Sox, including a double, his first extra-base hit of the season.