In their first 10 games, the Dodgers were 8-2 and had a league-leading .307 batting average with a league-leading 24 home runs, a league-leading 84 runs and a league-high on-base percentage of a whopping .403 and OPS (on-base plus slugging) of .991, more than 100 points better than the next club.
Speaking specifically of Wong’s approach, which hasn’t always been the best in his career, Shildt said, “Probably my favorite play of the year was the bunt yesterday.” The lefthanded-batting Wong, facing a lefthander, bunted home a run with two outs in the eighth inning. It was his second bunt hit of the season.