For the season, Braun was second in the NL in hits (188) and doubles (45), 5th in total bases (310), 6th in runs (101), 7th in RBIs (103) and extra base hits (71), and 9th in batting average (.304).304
In the final season of his first stint in Oakland Henderson started to develop more of a power stroke hitting 16 home runs, leading the league in stolen bases, finishing 2nd in runs scored and 3rd in on base %.
They ranked 27th in the majors in runs scored, 28th in total bases and 25th in home runs and batting average.
The Mets have lost on a hit batsman with the bases loaded; a breakdown in fundamentals; a 10th-inning home run; and now, the final insult, four eighth-inning runs, two charged to their seemingly invincible closer.
Mike Trout stole his 30th base and drove in his 100th run, and the Los Angeles Angels completed their worst season of the 21st century with an 8-1 victoverover the Houston Astros on Sunday. .
And what of Jorge Toca's race around the bases in the 11th inning to score the winning run in a 3-2 victoverover the Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium?
The same night of Wagner's second failure, Braden Looper squandered a one-run Mets lead in the ninth inning, then jeopardized another one-run lead by loading the bases in the 10th, leading to a 4-3 Bravictorytory.
Harrelson was unsure of the call as Gillaspie rounded the bases in the 12th inning to put Chicago up by a run.
He hit his 35th home run on September 21, making him the 14th Major Leaguer (and first since Alfonso Soriano in 2006) to hit at least 35 home runs and steal at least 35 bases in a season.
