Christian Yelich extended his hit streak to fifteen games with two singles and a game tying home run in the tenth inning off Cubs reliever Craig Kimbrel to stay atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. (Note that Yelich’s teammate, Keston Hiura, hit the game winning home run in the same inning, and also owns a 15-game hit streak.) Mike Trout homered in five trips to stay in second place. Trout probably tops 40 home runs for the second time in his career, and could easily reach 50 home runs for the first time. Ketel Marte drew a walk to stay in third place.

Yuli Gurriel moves into fourth place. Like Yelich and Hiura, Gurriel also owns a 15-game hit streak. I suspect it’s quite rare to see three players with streaks this long at the same time. These are not cheap streaks, either, as all three are hitting over .400 and all three have at least five home runs.

Cody Bellinger returns to the top five with a single and a walk against the Nationals. Ten points separate three through thirteen, so expect the churn to continue.