MiLB Player of the Day: Jack Gurevitch

Cardinal Chronicle Player of the Day: Jack Gurevitch Delivers Two-Homer Night for Peoria
The Cardinal Chronicle
St. Louis, MO
By Ray Mileur

There are nights when a player does everything he can to drag his team across the finish line, even if the final score refuses to cooperate.

Thursday was one of those nights for Jack Gurevitch.

Gurevitch is the Cardinal Chronicle Player of the Day after going 3-for-5 with two home runs, a double, three RBIs and three runs scored in Peoria’s 18-8 loss to Quad Cities.

The final score was ugly. His performance was anything but.

Gurevitch gave the Chiefs a major offensive lift from the middle of the order, collecting three extra-base hits and driving in three runs. He homered twice, doubled, scored three times and pushed his season OPS to .873. His two home runs gave him nine on the year, and his three RBIs moved him to 25.

That kind of production deserves the headline, even on a night when the pitching staff could not hold up its end.

Peoria scored eight runs on 11 hits, which should at least give a club a chance. But Quad Cities piled up 18 runs on 19 hits and turned the game into a track meet with no brakes. The River Bandits scored five runs in the fourth, five more in the seventh and three in the eighth, burying what could have been a much better story for the Chiefs.

Still, Gurevitch’s night stands on its own.

This was not a soft three-hit game. This was loud production. Two home runs. A double. Three runs scored. Three runs driven in. That is middle-of-the-order impact, and it continued what has become a strong offensive season for the Peoria first baseman.

Gurevitch is now hitting .302 with an .873 OPS, and Thursday’s performance only strengthened his case as one of the more productive bats in the High-A lineup. At a level where young hitters are tested every night by better pitching, sharper breaking balls and more polished game plans, stacking this kind of extra-base production matters.

The Chiefs also got offensive help from Michael Dattalo, who had two hits and two RBIs, and Jalin Flores, who doubled and drove in two runs. But this was Gurevitch’s night.

Sometimes baseball gives you a strange box score. A player has one of his best games of the season, and the team still loses by 10. That does not erase the performance. It just makes it easier to overlook if you only scan the final score.

Gurevitch should not be overlooked.

On a tough night for Peoria, he gave the Chiefs a clear bright spot and reminded everyone why his bat continues to be worth watching.

Cardinal Chronicle Player of the Day:
Jack Gurevitch, 1B, Peoria Chiefs
Final Line: 3-for-5, 2 HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R

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