Clemson baseball: Hot Beer – Seth Beer off to hot start with Diamondbacks

It didn’t just seem that former Clemson baseball star Seth Beer was the only Arizona Diamondback hitting, it’s the literal truth, at least for the lineup Arizona put on the card Saturday.

The first five Diamondbacks were all batting under .200, then came Beer, who started the day at .294.  The final three Diamondbacks all began the day under .100.

Beer led off the Diamondbacks seventh with a bloop single that sparked a three run rally in the Diamondbacks 3-2 win over the Mets.

"“It was huge,” Beer said of Alcántara’s hit. “We’ve spoken about it so many different times, there are going to be certain days, certain guys that get that big hit. Sometimes you get to eat at the table and sometimes you’ve got to be the table-setter. And for me today it was kind of to be the table-setter. [The homer] was a big deal, and definitely uplifted the team going into the rest of the game.”"

The Diamondbacks currently have three wins in eight games and Beer features prominently in all three.

On Opening Day, which also happened to be National Beer Day, Seth connected for a walkoff home run.

Then on Wednesday, he had the game tying hit in the tenth inning before eventually scoring the winning run as the Diamondbacks beat the Astros.

On Saturday, Beer finished the game three for three and is now hitting a robust .400 on the young season.

The irony, of course, is that while many fans were frustrated and angry with the lockout that almost cost us the MLB season, Beer was a huge beneficiary of those negotiations as the designated hitter (DH) rule was extended to both leagues.

Without the DH rule Beer would likely not be in the Major Leagues with a National League club as he’s seen as a player without a position.

For now, Beer is platooning, typically starting against right handed pitchers, for the rebuilding Diamondbacks and helping the team win games.