Dodgers longest hitting streak of 2024 comes from unlikely source

Kyle Madson

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The Dodgers have a new longest hitting streak of the 2024 season, and it comes from an unlikely source. 

Backup catcher Austin Barnes on Thursday smacked a one-out single in the second inning against the Giants to push his hitting streak to 11-straight games. No other Dodgers player has hits in more consecutive contests this year. Making it more impressive, Barnes doesn't play every day. His hitting streak began more than a month ago on June 21. Getting hits every day in that situation is extremely tough. 

Barnes is having a really nice season overall. He's now batting .278 and his .676 OPS is the third-highest mark of his career. However, he hit just .180 last year with a .498 OPS and in the five years prior to this one he was hitting just .207 with a .626 OPS. 

Having him to back up Will Smith is extremely valuable for LA, particularly when he's playing like he has this year. During the 11-game hitting streak he's batting .448 with a home run, one double and a .467 on-base percentage. 

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.