After the grim news about Adam Eaton's knee injury, the Nats on Sunday found themselves in need of a bit of uplift. Let's just say they got it at the expense of the rival Mets, as the Nats keelhauled the Queenslanders by a score of 23-5 (box score). As you would expect when a team hangs 23 on the board, a lot of hitters enjoyed fruitful days. In particular, Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon couldn't and wouldn't stop ...
Yeesh. And now for some relevant moving pictures ...
Anthony Rendon has a day for the ages: https://t.co/60WVKAqdnupic.twitter.com/6VGd4O31WX
— MLB (@MLB) April 30, 2017
Suffice it to say, that was a legendary performance by Rendon. Framed another way, Rendon entered Sunday's tilt with a disappointing 2017 slash line of .226/.316/.250. After the bestowals above, he lifted that line to .278/.356/.411 -- i.e., downright solid overall numbers. But wait!: There's more ...
- Rendon's 10 RBI is a Nationals record.
- Rendon became the first player since at least 1913 (the back end of searchable data) to go 6 for 6 with three homers and 10 RBI.
- He became the first player in almost a decade to notch 10 RBI in a game (Garret Anderson of the Angels was the last, on Aug. 21, 2007).
- Rendon is now one of just three hitters to rack up at least 16 total bases and 10 RBI in the same game.
Did Anthony Rendon have a good game? Yea and also verily, Anthony Rendon had a good game.
