There’s clutch, and then there’s whatever got into Guardians slugger Josh Naylor this weekend.
Over the course of three games against the Angels, the first baseman came to the plate in the eighth inning with Cleveland behind or the score tied in all three games. And each time, he delivered in dramatic fashion with a go-ahead home run.
Naylor’s weekend heroics were not just rare, they’re practically unheard of. The 25-year-old is the first player since at least 1961 to hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning or later in three consecutive games, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com.