He now has 19 home runs on the year and is batting a more respectable.
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Mets LF Yoenis Cespedes, an NL All-Star selection along with RHPs Noah Syndergaard and Jeurys Familia, has hit safely in nine straight games.
A three-run homer from Robinson Chirinos helped Texas Rangers end a three-game losing run with a 7-2 win over the Boston Red Sox.
Jose Reyes arrived this week to bolster third base, but Wilmer Flores seems intent on showing the Mets everything was just fine in the first place.
The Miami Marlins slumbering giant has been slowly waking up over the past few weeks. “But it’s half a season”. “If he gets hot at all, it’s going to be a big boost for us”.
Stanton is scorching right now.
Not a moment later, Curtis Granderson was smashing a single, good for two ribeyes as Reyes and Rene Rivera swiped home plate, and extending the Mets lead to three runs. 230 with two homers and 11 RBIs in 35 games for Las Vegas. Cole Gillespie who entered as a pinch-hitter doubled for the third time this year.
“So that’s really cool”, Stanton said.
“None of that, we were losing, trying to get back”, Stanton said. “I didn’t know what to expect when I came here today and to see the crowd reaction like that, that was good”. “I thought we were OK with him, honestly”, Mattingly said. “I know Stanton can hit the ball further than me”.
Stanton has 17 homers at Citi Field, a record by visiting players, and is the first player to notch consecutive multi-homer games in the Mets’ home.
Stanton’s fourth-inning home run was estimated at 470 feet, making it the longest in the history of Citi Field, which is in its eighth season. “Tomorrow I think I will be more settled down”.
Mired in a major hitting slump that dipped his average as low as. The second blast was the 200th of Stanton’s career and gave him homers in four consecutive at-bats.
“I was little bit extra pumped”. Wherever you want them.
Justin Nicolino started the game for Miami and only lasted four innings.
After a horrendous start to the season, Stanton has picked it up of late.
Reyes, 33, was released by the Colorado Rockies last month after serving a 52-game suspension from Major League Baseball for allegedly physically assaulting his wife in a Hawaii hotel room last October. “Second home run I tip my cap to him. I’m sure he said to himself, ‘Look, if I don’t get it going, I’m going to lose some playing time.’ He’s swung the bat great in the last five days”. He’s been swinging the bat really well lately. The Marlins have not received consistent production or innings from Nicolino.
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Cole Gillespie led off with a double, but was only able to reach third on a single by Derek Dietrich. He finished 2-for-4 after going 0-for-4 in his first game since re-signing with the Mets on Tuesday night.
