For two years, Austin Hays’ major league career featured only a disappointing September cameo. Since, he’s used that month to more than make up for it.
Hays’ walk-off single to complete Thursday’s comeback victory over the New York Yankees continued his trend of sparkling finishes that show off his all-around skillset. He came into the game batting .328/.376/.626 — a 1.002 OPS — over the past three Septembers. Including his first major league home run in September 2017, 14 of his career 29 have come in the season’s final full month.
Hays, 26, credits his success at this time of year to finally feeling healthy.