Toronto infielder and former Brighton standout Ernie Clement had a four-game stretch to remember in the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees. After going hitless in Game 1, Clement picked up nine hits over the course of the next three games and finished the series with a .643 batting average, five RBI, five scored runs, a home run, and a double. He currently leads all players in postseason batting average.
“It’s a lot of the hard work paying off,” Clement said postgame. “For me, I’m swinging at good pitches and taking the bad ones. It’s been pretty simple. I’m trying to get on base for our studs at the top of the order.”
Clement put the ball in play every at-bat he had in the series, never striking out or walking. His 1.554 OPS ranked third highest in Blue Jays history in a playoff series, behind hall-of-famer Paul Molitor in the 1993 World Series (1.571), and teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who turned in a 1.609 OPS in the series against the Yankees. READ MORE