I wouldn’t dare presume that I had anything to do with Joc Pederson’s five RBIs over the first three innings of Friday night’s 13-1 win over Philadelphia. It’d be irresponsible of me to claim any credit for the long RBI single that he slapped off the left field wall or the line drive no-doubter to right that cannon-balled into San Francisco Bay for 3 runs and a knockout 7-0 lead against starter Kyle Gibson.
But...Joc did seem to dig into the box with not a bat in his hands, but an ax to grind. His home run swing in the 2nd definitely had some baggage.