Cleveland Guardians outfielder Jo Adell hit a triple in a second consecutive game against the Chicago White Sox in Game 3 of the ALDS on Wednesday, joining an exclusive club. The Guardians ended up winning the game 9-3 against Chicago. Adell first tripled in Game 2 of the series, hitting a ball 413 feet high off of the wall in center field to bring the Guardians within one run, though they'd end up losing the game.
His second triple came in the third inning of Game 3, when he poked a ball down the right field line to bring home three runs for Cleveland, making the score 4-1. With his second triple, Adell became just the fourth player since 2000 to triple in consecutive postseason games. The other players to accomplish this feat are Ezequiel Carrera, who did so in the 2016 ALCS against Cleveland during his time with the Toronto Blue Jays, Kazuo Matsui, who tripled in back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2007 NLDS, and Scott Spiezio, who tripled twice with the St.
Louis Cardinals during the 2006 NLCS against the New York Mets. Adell is fairly fleet of foot, though not quite in the upper echelon of runners in MLB. Adell has a sprint speed of 28.3 miles per hour, which ranks in the 74th percentile of MLB.
Adell spent the first six and a half seasons of his MLB career with the Los Angeles Angels, and played the first 111 games of the MLB season with the team as well. The Angels traded Adell at the trade deadline in exchange for prospect Jacob Cozart, sending the veteran outfielder to Cleveland in the midst of a postseason push. Through his 48 games with the Guardians, Adell hit seven homers and drove in 32 runs, posting a .741 OPS.
Extract — continue reading at the source.
