When sacks are packed, Quentin gets plunked

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 When sacks are packed, Quentin gets plunked
When Carlos Quentin stepped in the box with the bases loaded in the seventh inning Sunday, the surprise wasn't that he was drilled. The surprise was that it didn't happen on the first pitch....( read more ) [link]

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Sox Machine: When sacks are packed, Quentin gets plunked
Published 4/28/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Sox Machine: When sacks are packed, Quentin gets plunked Kill Carlos Vol 3...another hit for Quentin. It marked the third time this season a pitch that left a mark on Quentin drove in a run—George Sherrill and Justin Verlander provided the other two—meaning he already topped last year’s leaders. In 2007, A.J. Pierzynski and Rob Mackowiak were among a six-way tie with two. He’s the first player since J.T. Snow in 2004 to be hit by a pitch with the bases loaded three times in a season. Snow achieved that in 107 games; Quentin has only played 22 so far. Now, CQ has a chance ...

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