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Bearcats in the Big Leagues: Late Summer Turnaround

Related Topics: Josh Harrison, Hitting streak, Inning

In this week’s episode, Josh Harrison sings, Ian Happ rakes and Ryan Atkinson puts together an impressive outing.

Josh Harrison

With the Pittsburgh Pirates trailing the St. Louis Cardinals by just two games for the second wild card spot in the National League, Harrison has maintained his spot at the top of the lineup. Although he went just 4-for-17 in the last week, he extended his hitting streak to five games, starting off the bottom of the first inning of yesterday’s matchup with the Miami Marlins by singling to left field. Harrison is now batting .316 in the month of August, which has proven to be a much better month for him than June and July, when he hit .