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The night began with a play made for Little League.<\/p>\n

It concluded with a stat line never before bested in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

The Royals beat the Mets 16-12 on Tuesday night in New York in their wildest game of the year. The Royals allowed three runs on a baseball that traveled all of 39 feet and made three throwing errors on one play<\/a>. They trailed 9-4, scored the ensuing 12 runs and then needed to hang on for the final margin.<\/p>\n

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And we haven\u2019t even arrived at the most improbable part of the night.<\/p>\n

Tyler Tolbert, a 28-year-old utility man with fewer than 100 major-league at-bats to his name, tied an MLB record by turning 12 straight plate appearances into base hits.<\/p>\n

Or extra-base hits. He hit a home run for the second consecutive day \u2014 he had one in his career prior to Monday \u2014 as part of a 5-for-6 night. That follows a 5-for-5 day against the Phillies. And that followed a 2-for-2 day against the Phillies two days earlier.<\/p>\n

The 12 straight hits tied a modern-day MLB record before he popped out to right field in the ninth inning. His final three hits didn\u2019t leave the infield, the last of which came on a half-swing that prompted a laugh as he reached first base.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s probably not the surprising part \u2014 his speed has always been in play.<\/p>\n

His bat? Rarely.<\/p>\n

A dozen straight hits is obviously highly improbable for any player, considering no modern-day player has ever bested it. But the fact this player did it? Even more improbable.<\/p>\n

How so? Well, before the streak began, Tolbert was hitting .200 this season and .247 for his career.<\/p>\n

So in the most simplified version of the exercise, in this year alone, his previous chances of recording a hit were 20%.<\/p>\n

The chances of a .200 hitter recording 12 straight hits: 1 in 244.1 million.<\/p>\n

The proverbial odds of being struck by lightning twice<\/i>: 1 in 234.1 million.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re more likely to get struck by lightning<\/a> \u2014 twice! \u2014 than Tyler Tolbert was of stringing together 12 straight hits.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s the oversimplified math. But there\u2019s a reason it ties an MLB record. Walt Dropo last did it in 1952, per the Royals telecast. Tolbert is the third player in MLB modern history with back-to-back five-hit games, per Stathead<\/a> data.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s give Tolbert a little more credit, even if just a little. He was a career .247 before the streak, and a career .246 hitter in the minors and a .236 college hitter. If you use the high-water mark of the three as the expectation, his odds of getting 12 straight hits were roughly 1 in 19.4 million.<\/p>\n

So, you know, super likely.<\/p>\n

By the way, if you want to get really technical about it, you could point out Phillies left-hander Cristopher S\u00e1nchez started Monday\u2019s game<\/a>, and he was second in baseball in ERA, which made the feat even more difficult. Well, he was second in ERA before the Royals tore him up.<\/p>\n

Before Tyler Tolbert tore him up.<\/p>\n

Tolbert raised his average from .200 to .404 during the streak. It fell all the way to a pedestrian .396 after his ninth-inning out.<\/p>\n

After Mets lefty AJ Minter forced him to pop out to right field in the ninth, the Royals dugout gave Tolbert a standing ovation. As he stepped into the dugout, they reached out to clap his hand, as though he was arriving after a home-run swing.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d already hit one of those \u2014 after he hit another Monday.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d hit only five home runs over the past two years across all levels.<\/p>\n

And yet, this was far, far more unlikely.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM<\/span> with the headline “Tyler Tolbert\u2019s hit streak was less likely than being struck by lightning twice.” <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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