Ty'ing Records

Hears to Northeastern University's own Carlos Pena, who led the hit parade by the Detroit Tigers against the hapless K.C. Royals! His 6 hits, including two home runs, a double, and two singles, including one off of the pitcher's forehead, "leaving a clear imprint of the baseball". The pitcher is OK, and so is Ty Cobb's record for hits in a game by a Detroit Tiger, though Carlos Pena joins him as members of an exclusive club of just 4 Tigers ever to do so. The 27 hits tied a 76-year-old team record set against the New York Yankees, but fell one short of Boston's last explosion, which came against the Marlins last year. Perhaps this loss portends a change of fortunes for Kansas City; both the 1928 Yankees and the 2003 Marlins went on to win the World Series.