Jacoby Ellsbury just tallied his 16th three-hit game of the year. For that, he is indebted to teammate Kevin Cash. After homering and collecting an infield single earlier this game, Ellsbury hit a liner off of Cash. Cash was ruled out, and Ellsbury was credited with his third hit of the night. I believe that Ellsbury gets credited with an infield hit, his second of the night.

He now has 35 infield hits this year, third in the American League, behind only Ichiro Suzuki (51) and Carlos Gomez (50). Of course, Ellsbury can take heart that there is no need to stifle reports of a desire by teammates to punch him in the face.