Luis Arraez is chasing .400. Or at least, he was and he is again. But for a minute, it looked like a pipe dream. He came into Seattle last Monday batting .397 and getting fawning coverage about his first 60 games. But the Mariners put up a major roadblock for the Marlins’ second baseman, holding him hitless for the entire three-game series and dropping his batting average 21 points. For context on that accomplishment, here’s a list of all of Luis Arraez’s other streaks of multiple hitless games this season:
- April 4-5, when the Twins held him 0 for 2 with a walk on the 4th and then struck him out in his lone PA, as a pinch hitter, the next day;
- May 10 & 12, when the Diamondbacks held him 0 for 3 in the last game of their series and the Reds 0 for 4 in the first game of theirs;
- End of list.