June 24, 2003
Nomar's June
Nomar Garciaparra went five for five tonight, all singles. Nomar is now 40 for 93 in June, a .430 BA. Of his forty hits, 6 are doubles, 7 are triples, and none are home runs. Most amazingly, he has only 9 RBI. With his five hits tonight, he had no RBI! He's batting third on a high scoring team. With a BA like that, you'd think he'd be driving in runs left and right.
Nomar has had opportunities. He's come up with 55 men on base this month, 30 in scoring position. He's only driven in nine. He's hitting .391 with men in scoring position. He hasn't been intentionally walked. The real problem seems to be the lack of HR, or to put it another way, a truck load of singles. The number three slot needs to generate power, and Nomar isn't doing that. He's driving in single runs with singles, but he's not driving in people from farther back on the basepaths.
I don't mean this to criticize Nomar. Any month where your BA is .430 is a good month. But until his power comes back, the Red Sox might want to move him to second, and Kevin Millar to third.
Update: You can read more here.
Posted by David Pinto at
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