SIX FOR SIX, HIT FOR THE CYCLE AND THREW OUT THE GO-AHEAD RUN AT HOME.

Removing the stakes or whatever (just a regular-season game against a bad team), this was probably the greatest performance I have ever seen in a single game. All 163 fans on hand in Cincinnati for this one got a treat.

He hit for the cycle plus another base knock and an infield single. He gunned down a runner at the plate in what was at that point a 10-10 game.

Dude is now the NL batting leader, top ten in HR and WAR; top five in OPS, OPS+, offensive WAR, slugging and OBP; and of course this defense is very solid.

Right now I think Carpenter might be the only guy I'd put ahead of him in the MVP race, though I know Baez, Arenado, Freeman, et al are all playing great also.