Red Sox center fielder Kiké Hernández is doing things no one has in the Major League Baseball postseason, which, mind you, has taken place for a few decades. And boy, has it been fun watching him do it.
In his last five games, Hernández has set records for hits (15), extra-base hits (9), and total bases (34), and has hit 16-for-32 (.500) with five home runs and nine RBIs.
That already eclipses his previous high of eight runs knocked in during 13 playoff games in 2017 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Most notably, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, Hernández has been annihilating breaking pitches he has traditionally struggled with.