MIAMI (AP) — Major league home run and RBI leader Giancarlo Stanton believes he has been unlucky this season, and he might be right.
Scratch hits have been tough to come by for the Miami Marlins slugger, who went into the weekend with only 24 singles and was batting just .249. Last season he had 96 singles and hit .288.
He’s confident his fortunes will improve, as will his average.
“It’s going to take a while to get that up,” he said. “Stay the course over the next weeks and months, and it should be back.