MIAMI — Luis Arraez’s batting average keeps climbing, and he keeps staking his claim into the Miami Marlins’ record book during his first season with the club.
The hit-collecting second baseman’s latest accomplishment came Monday when he went 5 for 5 at the plate in the Marlins’ 11-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays to begin a three-game series at loanDepot park. The win is Miami’s fifth in a row and improves the Marlins to 42-31 on the season. It’s the first time since the end of the 2009 season that the Marlins are at least 11 games over .500.
The five-hit effort was Arraez’s third of the season, a new Marlins franchise record. Juan Pierre, who was in attendance at loanDepot park on Monday, had two five-hit games in 2005.
