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Stat of the Day: Eight Straight 30-Hit Months

Whit Merrifield finished the month of August with 34 hits to mark his eighth straight month (not including March or October) with 30 hits, a streak that started last July.

Merrifield is the first Royal to record at least 30 hits in eight straight months, and the first American League player to do it, according to Elias, since José Altuve from September 2013-April 2015.

No Royal has ever recorded 30 hits in all six months of a single season, which means with 30 hits in September, Merrifield would become the first in franchise history to accomplish that feat.