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Last night, Lynchburg C Francisco Mejia extended his hitting streak to 38 games. It is now the 10th-longest hitting streak in MiLB history. During the 38-game streak, Mejia is hitting .399 (61-for-152).

The last time the 20-year-old switch-hitting catcher ended a game without a hit was May 25. The Cleveland Cavaliers had just clinched their series against the Toronto Raptors, the Indians were 25-20 and behind the Chicago White Sox in the American League Central, and Pokemon GO had yet to consume every aspect of my waking life. It was a different time, entirely.

Mejia is slashing .347/.377/.531 across two levels of the minor leagues this season while also throwing out 40% of would-be base stealers.

That's crazy... I can barely remember what life was like before Pokemon Go, but I had 6 weeks of Beta testing before the official release (it was just as addictive then).

An update to Mejia's crazy hit streak, which is now an MiLB-record 47 games:


By David Conde
LegendsOnDeck.com

The streak just seems to continue without much effort as Cleveland Indians #4 top prospect Francisco Mejia, reached 47 straight games with at least one hit when he doubled in the first inning of Friday nights game against the Salem Red Sox.

On Thursday, the Dominican native broke the modern-day era record for minor league baseball, when he hit in his 46th straight game, and as the games continue to pass and he is able to continue his amazing streak, he will just keep adding to his legacy as he did on Friday night.

The hit parade started on May 27th and since then he has recorded 19 multi-hit games, 12 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, and 41 RBI’s, while batting over .380 during the streak.

The amazing part about Mejia’s streak is that it started while playing with Class-A Full Season Lake County Captains, and continued after he was promoted to Class-A Advanced Lynchburg HillCats.