Andrew Benintendi's single called to mind the other times a player hit the ball more than once with a swing
In the seventh inning of the Phillies' 7-4 win over the Red Sox in Philadelphia, Boston outfielder
This one wasn't normal, though, since Benintendi's bat happened to hit the ball two times on its journey through the infield:
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You don't get credited with two base hits if you hit the ball twice with the same swing, but maybe you should. If you did, this would have increased the batting averages of other players to accomplish this oddity in the past, including (but not limited to):
One of the most recent examples of this phenomenon occurred in Los Angeles in early August of this season, when the Brewers' Manny Pina picked up a base hit that knuckled its way past shortstop
In Hosmer's final season with the Royals, he demonstrated the other way to pull off this quirk. His efforts resulted in a foul ball, however:
When LoMo was a member of the Rays a couple seasons ago, he earned himself an RBI with this double-contact single:
Carter, then with the Brewers, also picked up a single after double-hitting a fastball from Jeff Samardzija:
This one, delivered by Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips in a game against the Indians in May 2016, also looked ... well, weird:
Back in 2011 as a member of the Rockies, Troy Tulowitzki added himself to that list with an adventurous single of his own:
But all of the above pale in comparison to the ultimate example, off the bat of
Weird all around!
