Avisail Garcia's historic evening leads White Sox rout of Mariners
All your extra bases belong to Avisail Garcia.
The Chicago White Sox slugger continued his breakout season at the plate Saturday night by leading his team's 16-1 drubbing of the Seattle Mariners with a spectacular line at the plate. Garcia contributed four extra-base hits - including two home runs - and six RBIs, while scoring three of the South Siders' runs.
Garcia is just the third White Sox player in the franchise's 116-year history to record four extra-base hits and six RBIs in the same game. He joins his former manager, Robin Ventura, and Pat Seerey, who did it on the day he hit four home runs - one of only 16 such contests in MLB history.
| Date | Player | Opponent | XBH | RBI | R | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/18/1948 (G1) | Pat Seerey | Athletics | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 7/19/1991 | Robin Ventura | Brewers | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 5/21/2017 | Avisail Garcia | Mariners | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Garcia is also the first White Sox player to record four extra-base hits in a game since Jermaine Dye did it in 2007, according to CSN Chicago's Christopher Kamka. It's also the seventh time this season that Garcia has recorded three or more hits in a game, a mark that tops all of baseball.
Both of Garcia's homers came off Mariners starter Yovani Gallardo, who gave up 10 of the White Sox 16 runs (nine of them were earned). Every White Sox hitter finished the night with at least one hit, while eight of the nine had two-hit games.
The 25-year-old Garcia, who had an OPS of just .695 over his first five big-league seasons, is now hitting a league-best .357/.400/.610 with 17 extra-base hits in 2017.