Paul Lo Duca had 7 RBI for the Mets tonight, a rare occurrence for a Met hitter. Lo Duca's performance was just the 8th time a Met hitter has had 7 RBI in a game; Dave Kingman holds the team record with 8 RBI in a game on June 4, 1976.
Paul is just the second Met catcher with 7 RBI in a game, matching Todd Hundley's feat of May 18, 1996 (Gary Carter had 7 RBI's in the great 1986 season, but he played first base for part of that game).
Lo Duca is the first Met ever to have 7 RBI in a game from the 8th spot in the order, or indeed from any spot in the order other than 3, 4, 5 or 6. The only other Met with 7 RBIs in a game over the last 10 seasons was Jose Valentin on July 8 last year.
Damian Miller of the Brewers, another catcher, is the only other NL hitter with 7 RBI this season. Miller is the Brewers' number 2 catcher so generally plays only every few days. On June 27 this season he had a homer and a double and 4 RBI. His next game was July 2, when he had two homers and 7 RBI, for a two game total of 3 homers and 11 RBI. In his other 44 games this season he has not a single home run and only 8 RBI.
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The fine, and attentive, Mets blogger at metswalkoffs.com points out that although Gary Carter did play first base for part of the game in which he had 7 RBIs for the Mets, he had all of those ribbies during the innings he was behind the plate, and thus really ought to be credited with 7 RBIs as a catcher. Good point; I stand corrected.
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