Dan Uggla’s Hit Streak Ends At 33 Games

So for the first time since July 4, Dan Uggla went hitless. Over the course of his streak, he batted .377/.438/.762 with 49 hits and 15 home runs, lifting his OPS into the mid-.700s. Overall, he still hasn’t been what the Braves were hoping he’d be, but his contract looks a lot better now than it did a month and a half ago.

Uggla’s was the longest hitting streak in the majors in five years. It was tied for the 19th-longest in baseball history.

Uggla’s batting average continues to climb, with Saturday’s effort pushing it to .232 on the year. (He also homered later on! Again!) Before the streak began on July 5, the Braves second baseman was hitting just .173, but has seen a dramatic improvement as he continues to rack-up base-hits. His OPS is on the way up, as well, and stands at .753, its highest point this season.

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Uggla pounded that fastball out to center field for his 25th home run. It gave the Braves a 1-0 lead, and it extended Uggla’s hitting streak to 32 games. An Atlanta Braves-record 32 games, as Uggla came in tied with Rico Carty at 31. Tommy Holmes holds the franchise record at 37 games, done with the Boston Braves in 1945.

Uggla’s hitting streak is the longest in the Majors so far this season. And for good measure, he would homer off Zambrano again in the bottom of the fifth. As of this writing, his OPS is up to a season-high .737.

Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla swung at the first pitch he saw in the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Florida Marlins, and he lined it into center field for a two-run single, extending his hitting streak to 31 games. Uggla tied Rico Carty for the longest streak in Atlanta Braves history, and it also tied him for the 25th-longest streak in major-league history.

Again, that’s Dan Uggla, career .258 hitter, who was hitting .185 a month ago today. Just making sure you were paying attention.

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