Things had not gone well for Trevor Story throughout the early weeks of his tenure with the Boston Red Sox. That changed in one game.
Entering Thursday’s game against the Seattle Mariners, Story was hitting .205/.293/.320 with two home runs. And while a two-time All-Star starting slow isn’t normally much cause for panic, when the All-Star in question is playing home games away from Coors Field for the first time in his career, there’s some cause for concern. Story did a lot to quiet that concern on Thursday.
His first four plate appearances resulted in two home runs, a single, a stolen base, a walk, and four runs scored. So, things were already going well for Story when he strolled to the plate in the eighth inning for the fifth time in the game. Then, they got even better.
.@Tstory2 from downtown! pic.twitter.com/O4vHTott43
— MLB (@MLB) May 20, 2022
The call from Seattle’s announcers was less excited.
https://twitter.com/MrMatthewCFB/status/1527478186837147650
Story’s game puts him in one club whose membership can be counted on one hand and another whose membership can be counted with one finger.
Players with 5+ runs, 3+ homers, and a stolen base in the same game:
Trevor Story today
Yoenis Cespedes 8/21/2015
Eric Davis 9/10/1986(since 1901)
— Jeremy Frank (@MLBRandomStats) May 20, 2022
.@Tstory2 is the first 2B in @MLB history to have 3 HR and a SB in one game. pic.twitter.com/3PhgM9NHcP
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) May 20, 2022
That was not all he did. Story entered the game with a .613 OPS. Now, it sits at .730. His overall slash line now sits at .230/.317/.413. While those aren’t great stats, they’re not terrible for a month into the season, especially since offensive numbers are generally down across the board.
Story’s slow start to the season generated a lot of buzz in the MLB world. This performance did, too, though the tone of the buzz was decidedly different.
Holy Trevor Story.
— Lou Merloni (@LouMerloni) May 20, 2022
Trevor Story on X-Games mode
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) May 20, 2022
Welcome to Boston, Trevor Story 🚀 pic.twitter.com/WM9l5RgB2O
— ITM Podcast (@ITM_pod) May 20, 2022
It really is Trevor Story’s night!!!
To all the haters, sit there in silence.
This man is too good, too talented to stay quiet for long. What a performance! #DirtyWater
— BallPark Buzz (@BallParkBuzz) May 20, 2022
I'm watching playoff hockey and Celtics but EXCUSE ME TREVOR STORY DID WHAT?
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 20, 2022
Trevor Story can't handle Boston … Oh, wait.
It's 4-4 after his second HR.
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) May 20, 2022
Story now has five home runs on the season with 23 RBI. Those totals are the second-highest and highest totals on the Red Sox, respectively. He’s also scored 19 runs, which is the third-best total on the team.
Or, to put it another way, in one game, Story went from being one of the most disappointing players on Boston’s team to one of its most productive.
[MLB]
