PHOENIX — Ketel Marte wasted little time extending his postseason-record hitting streak to 20 games, ripping a single to lead off the bottom of the first inning in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night. Marte’s 20-game on-base streak is the third best to begin a postseason career, trailing Boog Powell’s 25 games from 1966-71 and Daniel Murphy’s …
ARLINGTON, Texas — The oh-fer was at four and counting when Ketel Marte stepped to the plate in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night. The switch-hitting second baseman of the Arizona Diamondbacks had one more chance to pass Derek Jeter & Co. for the longest hitting streak in postseason history. Marte already had …
ARLINGTON, Texas — Ketel Marte is becoming the Joe DiMaggio of October. While a fraction of Joe D.'s record 56-game hitting streak for the 1941 New York Yankees, Marte’s 17-game run is the longest at the start of a postseason career. The switch-hitting infielder tied the overall postseason record, matching a mark shared by the New York Yankees’ Hank Bauer, …
PHOENIX — More than 15 minutes after the game, Ketel Marte stood at his clubhouse locker, gulping water while trying to finally catch his breath after delivering the Arizona Diamondbacks’ latest clutch postseason moment. Marte capped a three-hit afternoon with a walk-off single in the ninth, rookie Brandon Pfaadt pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and the Diamondbacks closed to 2-1 …