Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino moved into a tie with Alex Rodriguez for the most post-season HBP’s in the bottom of the first inning of NLCS Game 2. Tigers starter Max Scherzer drilled Victorino in the left shoulder with a 91 MPH fastball, his ninth career in the post-season. The errant pitch put a runner on first base with one out. Scherzer, however, was able to strike out Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz to end the inning.
Victorino was hit twice in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Rays, as well as once each in Game 1 and Game 3. He led the league with 18 HBP’s during the regular season, 15 of them occurring in his last 44 games of the regular season after he became a full-time right-handed hitter.
Victorino’s 9 career HBP in the postseason tie him with Alex Rodriguez for the MLB record.
— Jon Shestakofsky (@Shesta_Sox) October 14, 2013
He joins Carlos Ruiz (2010) and Miguel Cairo (2004) as the only players to be hit in 4 games in a single postseason.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) October 14, 2013
Victorino was hit twice in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Rays, as well as once each in Game 1 and Game 3. He led the league with 18 HBP’s during the regular season, 15 of them occurring in his last 44 games of the regular season after he became a full-time right-handed hitter.
