MLB: Li Hao-yu’s Powerful RBI Nears Taiwan Record After Historic M4 Mark

Li Hao-yu moved within four RBIs of Taiwan’s single-season Major League Baseball record during the Detroit Tigers’ 11-6 extra-inning win over the Minnesota Twins.

Batting second and playing second base, Li went 1-for-5 with one RBI, two strikeouts and a walk. He has now recorded a hit in three straight games and reached base twice in the contest. His batting average after the game stood at .269.

Li drove in a runner with a fifth-inning single against Twins right-hander Dean Kremer. The ball left his bat at 103.6 mph, and Li later scored when Detroit continued the rally. He grounded out to second in the sixth, drew a walk in the ninth and flew out to center field in the 11th.

Detroit led 5-2 after seven innings, but Minnesota’s bullpen allowed a three-run eighth-inning rally that tied the game. Each team scored once in the 11th before Detroit broke open the game in the top of the 12th. Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run homer, and Javier Báez followed with a bases-clearing single as the Tigers scored five runs in the inning.

Li has 36 RBIs this season. Chang Yu-cheng set the record for a Taiwan-born MLB player with 39 RBIs in 2021, leaving Li four away from a new mark.