Brewers' Cooper Pratt Sets World Series Rookie Record with Six Straight Hits

Cooper Pratt set a World Series rookie record by hitting safely in six straight at-bats across Games 4 and 5, giving the Milwaukee Brewers shortstop a rare statistical milestone on baseball’s biggest stage.

According to MLB.com, the 22-year-old built the streak with four hits in Game 4 on Tuesday night and then added two more to begin Game 5 on Wednesday at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pratt’s first hit in Game 5 was an RBI single against Tampa Bay starter Drew Rasmussen, and his second came against reliever Kevin Kelly.

The Game 4 portion of the streak included Pratt’s biggest swing of the series so far: a go-ahead solo home run leading off the top of the 12th inning against Ian Seymour that put Milwaukee up 3-2 and briefly moved the Brewers within three outs of a championship. But Tampa Bay answered in the bottom of the inning, and Ben Williamson’s walk-off single gave the Rays a 4-3 win, according to CBS Sports.

Pratt’s six straight hits broke the previous World Series rookie mark of five, set by Brian Doyle in 1978, MLB.com said. The feat also put Pratt in unusually select company beyond rookie history. MLB.com said the last player, rookie or not, to collect six straight hits in a World Series was David Ortiz for the Boston Red Sox in 2013.

That made Pratt’s surge more than a hot stretch inside one game. It became a Fall Classic record spanning two nights, one that stood out even as the Brewers remained in control of the series. Milwaukee entered the stretch leading the World Series 3-1 after Game 4, with Tampa Bay having only delayed a sweep.

Pratt, a 22-year-old rookie infielder and shortstop for Milwaukee, drew a simple assessment from Brewers manager Pat Murphy after Game 4: “This kid responds to everything.”