The last three two-baggers came with two outs, each driving in a run.
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Moreland's homer was his first but he also doubled Saturday and has an major league-leading nine two-baggers. 2.
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His two-run double against Seattle on Thursday gave him 33 career two-baggers, good for 15th place in major league history.
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Yankees RF Carlos Beltran had an RBI double to give him 518 two-baggers, good for 49th place on the all-time list.
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Jose Altuve and Luis Valbuena each collected two doubles apiece as the Astros smacked six two-baggers in the contest, including four in one inning against Boston's beleaguered bullpen.
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Pirates left fielder Gregory Polanco continued his offensive surge Wednesday, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and three doubles, giving him a National League-leading 21 two-baggers for the season.
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In 1954 his production fell off slightly, with 139 games played and 95 runs batted in, but Greengrass reached a personal best in home runs (27). Greengrass shares with Pop Dillon the record for the most doubles hit on the opening day of the Major League Baseball season, with his four two- baggers on April 13, 1954.
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Verdo Wilson "Ellie" Elmore (December 10, 1899 – August 5, 1969), was an American professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Elmore played for the St. Louis Browns, in . A curious fact is that all three of Elmore’s big league hits were doubles, which ties him with Earl Hersh and Dennis Powell for the most hits in an MLB career, where all of the player’s hits were two-baggers.
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On May 28, 1959, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers as part of a four-player deal, but was returned to the Braves system when another player involved in the trade refused to report to his new team. A curious fact is that all three of Hersh's big league hits were doubles, which ties him with Verdo Elmore and Dennis Powell for the most hits in an MLB career, where all of the player's hits were two-baggers. Hersh was born in Ebbvale, Maryland. He spent most of his adult life in the field of education, serving as an educator, administrator, and coach, retiring in 1992.
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Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or part of eight seasons (–). Powell also played one season for the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball in . As a big league hitter, Powell had three hits — all doubles — in 17 at bats (owing to the fact that he played mostly in the American League, during the designated hitter era), for a .176 batting average. The fact that all three of Powell’s hits were two-baggers ties him with Earl Hersh and Verdo Elmore for the most hits in a major league career in which all the player’s hits were doubles.
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