Posted on May 3, 2025, 8:13 pm
Astros center fielder Jake Meyers is one of the unlikeliest players to produce one of the biggest single offensive games in club history. He had just 30 career homers in 391 games prior to Saturday, including none this season, had a career OPS of .659 and was batting ninth in Houston’s lineup.
Meyers went 4-for-4 with two homers, a triple and a double -- becoming the first Astros player in history to do that. He’s also the first player in club history with 13 total bases while batting last in the order, and fell one shy of the 14 total bases Jackie Bradley Jr. collected on Aug. 15, 2015, the most in AL/NL history while batting ninth in at least the past 125 seasons.
Among the other Astros players to have 13 total bases are Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Joe Morgan, along with slugger Yordan Alvarez, who did it twice.
https://www.mlb.com/news/jake-meyers-collects-13-bases-and-seven-rbis-in-astros-win?game_pk=778066