Washington Nationals rookie outfielder Victor Robles surely loves to make contact with the baseball, but the baseball also seems to love making contact with Robles, and we don’t mean his bat.
Robles has been hit by pitches 10 times in 53 games he’s played this season, and Tuesday night against the Atlanta Braves, he was plunked for the fourth consecutive game.
The dubious modern-day record seems to be six games in a row, set by Carlos Quentin in 2008. The Elias Sports Bureau noted at the time that Quentin was the first player since 1920 to be hit by a pitch in five straight games, before he then extended it to six.