Lookout Landing · Jun 20, 2023
Weak Grounder of the Week: Chris Flexen plays his part
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty ImagesLuis Arraez is chasing .400. Or at least, he was and he is again. But for a minute, it looked like a pipe dream. He came into Seattle last Monday batting .397 and getting fawning coverage about his first 60 games. But the Mariners put up a major roadblock for the Marlins’ second baseman, holding him hitless for the entire three-game series and dropping his batting average 21 points. For context on that accomplishment, here’s a list of all of Luis Arraez’s other streaks of multiple hitless games this season:
April 4-5, when the Twins held him 0 for 2 with a walk on the 4th and then struck him out in his lone PA, as a pinch hitter, the next day;