Javy motors around bases, provides early spark
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MILWAUKEE -- Javier Báez hit his 30th home run and notched his 100th run on Sunday. On Monday, he recorded what seems like his zillionth dash around the bases.
With one out in the Cubs' first against the Brewers, Baez singled and then scampered home when center fielder Lorenzo Cain overran Anthony Rizzo's single. Baez avoided a tag at home plate, reaching around catcher Erik Kratz.
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According to Statcast™, Baez's Sprint Speed going from first to home was 29.3 feet per second, which is above the Major League average of 27 feet per second, and better than Baez's own season average of 28.8 feet per second entering play on Monday.
"As soon as Cain made the mistake, [third-base coach Brian Butterfield] was on top of it," manager Joe Maddon said after the Cubs fell in walk-off fashion, 4-3.
On Sunday, Baez became the fifth player in Major League history to reach 35 doubles, nine triples, 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 20 stolen bases in a single season, joining Carlos Beltran (2004), Andre Dawson (1983), Hank Aaron (1961) and Chuck Klein (1932).
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He's the first player in Cubs history to to reach 35 doubles, 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 20 stolen bases in the same season. And it's only Sept. 3.