Power Hitters, Pitchers Shine in Baseball's Surprising Season

0:00It's April 24th, I'm Corey with the story. This is MLB News Today, driven by AI and built for baseball fans. This week in baseball, from April 17th to 23rd, power hitters lit it up. Munataka Murakami smashed his tent home run and just his 24th big league game, topping Shohei Otani's early mark and tying rookie and white. Socks records with five straight games going deep. Dalton rushing isn't far behind, blasting seven homers in his first eight games this season, matching Trevor's story for one of the best starts ever. Pictures dominated too. Nolan McLean pushed a perfect game into the 5th inning for the second time in his first 13 starts, a feat unmatched since 1961. Jose Soriano's sitting on a 0.24 ERA over six starts. The lowest since earned runs started getting tracked in 1913. Streaks were everywhere. Nick Kurtz walked in 13 straight games, tying Oakland's fourth longest ever.

1:01Rookie JJ Weatherhoat got plunked in five in a row before it ended, and Matt Olson's at 808 games straight, 11th all time. Shohei Otani kept shining on the mound, scoreless in his fourth start with just one earned run in 24 innings. James Wood crushed a 112 mile per hour opposite field bomb, tying for second and high velocity opa homers this young season. Mason Miller's scoreless streak hit 33 in two thirds innings, with sliders whiffing bats at 75.6%. These numbers show baseball's full of surprises right now, and the season's just heating up as records keep falling.