DENVER — The St. Louis Cardinals' Jordan Walker tied a Major League Baseball record with a hit in Wednesday's game.
Walker hit a ground ball single off Colorado Rockies pitcher Connor Seabold in the ninth inning.
The 20-year-old outfielder has a hit in each of his first 12 games at the start of his MLB career. He tied Eddie Murphy who also started his career with a 12-game streak in 1912 for the longest-hitting streak to start an MLB career while 20 years old or younger.
Walker passed Ted Williams, who had a nine-game streak in 1939, on Monday with a hit in his 10th straight game.
He became the first Cardinals rookie at any age to have a hit in his first 10 games at the start of his MLB career on Monday night with a hit against the Colorado Rockies.
Walker made his debut on March 30 after making the Cardinals' opening-day roster.
So far in the 2023 season, he has a .318 batting average, two home runs and eight runs batted in.
His first home run came against the Atlanta Braves on April 5 when he hit a 104.2 mph line drive to the stands in Busch Stadium. His second came against the Milwaukee Brewers, hitting a 110.4 mph line drive at American Family Field.
The Cardinals sit last in the National League Central Division with a 4-7 record. They will finish their three-game series against the Rockies Wednesday and then head back to Busch Stadium for a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates and a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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