10 RBIs!? Six hits!? Minor Leaguer makes history in the Dodgers’ system
Kenny Van Doren
In his first game in five days, Cameron Decker etched his name into history.
Decker doubled his previous personal best for hits in a game while also collecting a career-high 10 RBIs in Single-A Rancho Cucamonga’s 17-5 victory over San Jose on Friday at LoanMart Field.
No other Minor League player has achieved the combination of six hits and 10 RBIs in a single game since 2005, the earliest year for which such single-game stats are available. There have only been six instances of this achievement in AL/NL history, most recently Mark Reynolds in 2018.
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In the first inning, Decker connected on his ninth homer of the season, his fifth for the Quakes after hitting four in 19 Rookie-level Arizona Complex League games. He tallied three RBIs on the swing, which left him one short of tying a career high at the time. The Giants managed a pitching change before Decker stepped into the box for a second time, but it didn’t faze the righty.
The first baseman stepped to the plate in the second and notched a fourth RBI on a single to left field. Decker collected his third hit of the night in the fourth, slashing an RBI double to left that put him a triple short of the cycle.
Decker added another RBI single in the fifth before hitting a two-run double in the seventh, but the doubles parade didn’t end there. The 2022 18th-round pick out of Evansville North (Ind.) High School connected on a third double in the eighth, moving his RBI total to five off strictly doubles.
While driving in 10 runs — one being himself on his first-inning homer — Decker scored a second time in the bottom half of the second on a double from right fielder Samuel Munoz, the Dodgers’ No. 22 prospect.
Decker hadn’t played in the Quakes’ six-game series with the Giants until Friday. His last appearance came Sunday in a contest he was lifted from in the fourth inning. The 20-year-old entered the weekend slate hitting .266/.386/.505 at Single-A and left his first game back with a .304/.413/.583 slash line after six at-bats.
