The four hits Adrian Beltre collected Monday night moved him within single digits of his 3,000th career hit, and the media aren’t the only ones making a big deal out of the impending milestone.
His Texas Rangers teammates are getting pretty fired up as history draws near.
“I can’t wait. I think I’m way more excited than he is,” shortstop Elvis Andrus said. “He’s doing a good job trying to keep everything down. He’s still acting the same way, nothing different. But a lot of people have started thinking what’s going to happen.