When Edgar Renteria was 21 years old, he was the starting shortstop and the No. 2 hitter in the World Series for the Florida Marlins. He would bat .290 in that series, famously driving in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th of Game 7, his single into center field off Charles Nagy scoring Craig Counsell from third.
World Series Game 2: Edgar Renteria Adds To October Resume With Home Run
But Renteria didn't stop coming up big in the World Series with that. One could argue he was just getting started. Renteria, like most players, has made only infrequent appearances in the Fall Classic. But he hit .290 as a 21 year old sophomore. He hit .333 for the Cardinals against the Red Sox in 2004. And in two games with the Giants these last two nights, he's gone 3-8, upping his career average in the World Series to .321 (17/53).
Renteria had two hits in Thursday's Game 2, the second of them scoring a pair of runs, but the big hit was the first one. Renteria came up against C.J. Wilson in the bottom of the fifth of a scoreless game. He then fouled off a first-pitch cutter before getting a high, inside fastball and turning on it. Renteria pulled that pitch high and deep to left field, and the ball carried with plenty of distance to put the Giants in the lead 1-0. That was a lead they would not surrender the rest of the way.
Is there something about Edgar Renteria that comes alive in the World Series? That isn't fair to say. What's fair to say is that, so far in Edgar Renteria's career, he has been one hell of a World Series performer. Even if he goes hitless the rest of the way against the Rangers, he's already made his mark.
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