Matos breaks 103-year-old Giants record with four RBI against Rockies originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
Luis Matos is off to a historic start in his second MLB season with the Giants.
After driving in five races in San Francisco 10-5 win over Colorado Rockies on Friday at Oracle Park, the young outfielder continued his run on Saturday.
Matos hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, collecting his 12th, 13th and 14th RBI this season in the process.
Matos’ 14 RBI in his first six games this season was tied for the most in Giants franchise history with George “High Pockets” Kelly, who set the record in 1921.
That is, until its next appearance on the plate.
Two innings later, Matos scored Matt Chapman from first base with a scorching double to left-center field in the bottom of the third, giving him a season-high 15 RBI and a franchise record.
According to MLB’s Sarah Langs, Matos’ nine RBI in a two-game span also tied the record for most by a Giants player 22 years old or younger with none other than Orlando Cepeda, who set the record in 1959.
And if you thought that Matos was already done for the day, you were wrong.
In the bottom of the eighth, with the Giants leading 9-4, Matos hit two more runs with a single to left center, giving him six RBI in the game and 11 in two games. And with that, Matos also tied the Giants’ modern franchise record for RBI in consecutive games, along with Jack Clark in 1982 and Bill Terry in 1932, who also drove in 11 runs in a two-game span. Andrew Baggarly, Atlético.
It’s safe to say that Matos is off to a phenomenal start and the Giants’ offense certainly needed it.
