Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story smacked yet another home run during Monday's 5-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds, giving him an MLB-record eight homers through the first 13 games of his career, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN Stats & Info).
After going deep seven times through the first six games of the season (and his career), the 23-year-old rookie went through a bit of a drought, failing to go yard in six consecutive games, though he did still have six hits—including two triples and a double—during that stretch.
Story picked an excellent time to end his mini-drought, breaking a 1-1 lead in the eighth inning of Monday's game with a solo home run off of Reds relief pitcher Ross Ohlendorf.
The no-doubt blast to right-center field travelled an estimated 435 feet, with Story once again showing off the kind of raw power that is extremely rare for a middle infielder.
Despite striking out 23 times in the first 55 at-bats of his career, he owns a .309 batting average, .339 on-base percentage and .855 slugging percentage, with 14 RBI, 13 runs and a stolen base to complement the eight homers.
Only two other players recorded seven homers in their first 13 career games, with Carlos Delgado (1993-94) and Dino Restelli (1949) doing the honors.
Delgado went on to enjoy a remarkable career that included 473 home runs, whereas Restelli ultimately retired with just 13 homers in 270 at-bats.
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