This could easily be the most amazing batting turn of the entire campaign.
Yes, in a preseason duel.
With his teammates from the New York Mets winning, dancing and going crazy in the dugout, the Venezuelan Luis Guillorme was on the plate for more than 10 minutes in front of the relief of the St. Louis Cardinals, Jordan Hicks, and eventually got a ball base after 22 pitches on Sunday.
“It was amazing,” Guillorme noted.
Guillorme received a strike on the first pitch, then vented on the second. Quickly down 0-2, the infielder had 16 fouls – nine in a row with the full count.
Pete Alonso, Michael Conforto and the rest of the Mets started cheering with each curve, fast balls, including about six to 100 miles per hour. Finally, Guillorme had a low slider for the fourth ball and trotted to first base as the screams unleashed.
“It was definitely a good fight,” Hicks admitted.
Since the big leagues began to follow in 1988, the longest turn in bats in a regular-season game has been a 21-pitch duel between the San Francisco Giants ‘Brandon Belt and Los Angeles’ rookie Panamanian pitcher Jaume Escombrava. Angels, who finished in an out high.
METS 7, CARDINALS 5
David Peterson worked four innings as a New York Mets opener. He allowed three runs on four hits and two bases for balls. Corey Oswalt retired six batters as a reliever, five of them strikeouts.
SOX RED 5, TWINS 5 (8)
Minnesota Twins opener Kenta Maeda struck out five and had four hits without a hit. Byron Buxton had a homer, Dominican Miguel Sanar hit a two-run double and Andrelton Simmons had a tow with a single.
PHILLIES 6, PIRATES 5
Venezuelan Odúbel Herrera had his second home run with the Philadelphia Phillies. Alec Bohm had a double drive and Matt Joyce towed two runs with singles.
PARENTS 10, RED 4
San Diego Padres opener Yu Darvish threw three perfect innings, striking out three.
RANGERS 3, ROCKIES 1
Kohei Arihara allowed just two hits and struck out three in four innings with the Texas Rangers. Bubba Thompson had a home run for the Rangers.
WHITE SOX 1, ATHLETICS 0
Chicago White Sox opener Lance Lynn threw three innings and a third, allowing a hit-three bases per ball, and received 4 strikeouts. Evan Marshall struck out four of the five batsmen he retired.
GIANTS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 3
Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer and Evan Longoria had a one-run single for the San Francisco Giants. As an opener Conner Menez had eight outs, keeping the Arizona Diamondbacks blank with a hit and a ball base.
MARINERS 5, BREWERS 4 (8)
Yusei Kikuchi poncho to five consecutive Milwaukee Brewers batters and six in total in three innings and a third. Jack Reinheimer had a home run and Kyle Lewis hit a two-run double.
BRAVES 8, RAYS 7
Ehire Adrianza hit a three-run homer to end the game down the ninth for the Atlanta Braves. Shea Langeliers and Sean Kazmar Jr had consecutive home runs in the eighth.
ASTROS 5, NATIONAL 0
Houston Astres opener Lance McCullers Jr. struck out six in four innings and allowed three hits. Puerto Rican Carlos Correa hit homer in front of reliever Brad Hand and Cuban Yuli Gurriel connected on a two-run toddler.
YANKEES 5, BLAY JAYS 1
New York Yankees opener Dominican Deivi Garcia allowed a hit and a dirty run in three innings. Max McDowell hit a three-run double.
TIGERS 5, ORIOLES 1
Spencer Turnbull allowed a run in three hits and a pair of bases for balls in four innings. He struck out four for the Detroit Tigers. Relief Daniel Norris allowed a hit in three innings.
ANGELS 1, SHELLS 1
Trevor Williams delivered three hits in three innings and two-thirds for the Chicago Cubs. Rex Brothers and Brandon Workman had solid entries as relievers.