Third time’s a charm for Brewers’ Santana

Shhh, don’t tell opposing teams, but they might want to yank their starters from the game before Domingo Santana comes up for the third time.

The Milwaukee Brewers right fielder is enjoying a career year so far in 2017, and there are still plenty of games to be played.

In his 60 games (entering Tuesday’s doubleheader), Santana is hitting .281 with a .377 on-base percentage and .493 slugging percentage, all of which would be career highs. He also has 36 runs and 34 RBI — also career bests — and 11 home runs, which ties his single-season high.

Six of Santana’s home runs and 14 of his RBI have come when facing a team’s starting pitcher for the third (or more) time in a game. Those numbers rank…