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Stats of the Day: For XBH, he’s the Manny
- Updated: May 9, 2016
Here are four interesting items from around the big leagues this weekend …
• Manny Machado homered twice on Sunday to help the Orioles to an 11-3 win over the Athletics. Machado’s multihomer day gave him 24 extra-base hits over 30 team games, tied for the most for any Orioles player. In 1996, Brady Anderson had 24, and he went on to finish with an American League-leading 92. Machado, playing in his age-23 campaign, leads the AL with his 24 extra-base hits.
• Cast your Esurance All-Star ballot for Machado and other #ASGWorthy players
• On Sunday, Robinson Cano upped his homer tally against the Astros in 2016 to five (in seven games against them). On Sunday, David Ortiz raised his 2016 roundtripper total against the Yankees to five (in six games). The most homers hit by a player in one season against the Astros is 11, by Sammy Sosa in 2001. The most home runs hit by an individual in a season against the Yankees is 11, by Hank Greenberg in 1938. Lou Gehrig owns the single-season record for the most homers against a single club, with 14 against the Indians in 1936.
Houston will be happy to see @RobinsonCano leave town. Watch him go yard again: …
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