Luis Matos had a brilliant night at the plate Friday night. The San Francisco Giants outfielder drove in a whopping five runs in a Giants victory. What we didn’t realize was what he had in store for us for an encore.
Matos followed up his five-RBI performance on Friday with a six-RBI performance on Saturday!
The Giant outfielder provided a much-needed spark to the San Francisco offense, helping to power them to victory again.
It turns out that Matos has had a heck of a two days, and the MLB world took close notice.
Sarah Langs noted several accomplishments and feats that Matos accomplished. He’s been on a tear through the first six games he’s played in this season. “Luis Matos’ 17 RBI are tied for the most by a player in his first six games with a plate appearance of a season,” Langs posted.
Luis Matos’ 17 RBI are tied for the most by a player in his first 6 games with a plate appearance of a season (since RBI official in 1920), with 2013 Chris Davis https://t.co/1qBlvQhmia
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 18, 2024
Matos also joined elite company with his prolific bat. Matos joins Johnny Bench and Joe DiMaggio as the only other two players to hit 11 RBI in a 2-game span at age 22 or younger, according to Langs.
Luis Matos’ 11 RBI are tied for most by a player in a 2-game span at age 22 or younger (since RBI official in 1920), with:
7/25-26, 1970 Johnny Bench
7/4/1939 (DH) Jim Tabor
7/5-9, 1937 Joe DiMaggio https://t.co/SoS0BrdR43— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 18, 2024
And he also made Giants history, as he became the fourth player in franchise history to post consecutive games with five RBI or more.
Luis Matos is the 4th Giants player with consecutive 5+ RBI games (since RBI official in 1920), joining:
1982 Jack Clark
1951 Don Mueller
1932 Bill Terry https://t.co/SaV1ZPa96c— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 18, 2024
Needless to say, Matos made himself a hot topic this weekend. Plenty around the MLB world had much to say about his prodigious performances.
That's franchise-record holder Luis Matos, thank you very much pic.twitter.com/b4DM6c6DvN
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) May 18, 2024
Live look at Luis Matos pic.twitter.com/FfKhcoGk0P
— Jeff Young (@BaseballJeff1) May 18, 2024
"It's like Player of the Week stuff that he's doing right now."
BoMel is starting the Luis Matos POTW campaign 🫡 pic.twitter.com/fGU9fWABNo
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) May 18, 2024
If you’re late to the Luis Matos show, don’t worry. It’s still going on
🎥 @NBCSGiants
pic.twitter.com/z9MbhXJyAU— KNBR (@KNBR) May 18, 2024
