It’s been a good two days for Matt Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals. Shoot, it’s been a good month. Or couple of months.
On May 24th, Carp, the former TCU Horned Frog baseball standout, was hitting sub-.500. Since then, he has raised his average to .275, and it’s climbing like wild vines since the All-Star break. Over his last 16 at-bats, Carpenter has nine hits, six of them out of the ballpark, knocking in 10 runs and scoring seven of his own. On Friday, Carp had a record-breaking day against the Cubs, going 5-5 with three home runs and two doubles, raising his average 11 points and tying a major-lead record for extra base hits in a game - and he did so despite being pulled after just six innings of play.