2017 Signature Moments: #8 — “Mountain Stage”
The Nationals are preparing to play in the postseason for the fourth time in six years! The NL East Champs had an exciting and historic 2017 season with lots of wonderful moments. We’re very excited for the postseason, and before the start of the NLDS at Nationals Park, we’re counting down the days with 10 of the most exciting events of the 2017 regular season (in chronological order). Join us as we relive our favorite memories here on Curly W Live!
#8 — “Mountain Stage”
Following a brilliant rookie campaign in which he hit .342 with 70 singles, 14 doubles, eight triples and 13 home runs in 73 games, it seemed only a matter of time before Trea Turner found a way to collect all four base hit varieties in a single game.
The stage was set, and ripe for someone like Turner, as the Nationals battled the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on April 25. Batting second in the lineup between Adam Eaton and Bryce Harper, Turner completed the third cycle in Nationals history — and he nearly did it in natural order. He singled and scored in the first, ripped a two-run double in the second, clubbed a two-run, opposite-field homer in the sixth and cleared the bases with a three-run triple in the seventh to seal the feat.
His final stat line: 4-for-7 with a single, double, triple, homer, four runs and seven RBI. According to Baseball Reference, since 1913 only Hall of Famers Jimmie Foxx (9) and Ralph Kiner (8) have ever driven in more runs during a cycle. The Nationals would need just about all of those runs, ultimately winning the game, 15–12.
If that wasn’t enough, Turner had doubled and scored the previous night, and he collected three hits in each of the next two games, giving him a four-game series in which he posted 11 hits, scored 10 runs and drove in 11.
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The performance helped Washington break a franchise record for runs in a four-game series with 46, besting the Montreal Expos’ 41 from a four-game set at Wrigley Field in 1977. It also capped off nine wins in 10 games on the road trip, the most successful 10-game trip in Nationals history (2005-present).
We can’t wait to see what Trea does in the postseason!
The full list of Signature Moments will be in the National League Division Series Magazine, available soon in the Main Team Store and throughout Nationals Park.
