Slugger J.D. Martinez (37) of the New York Mets hit his first career walk-off home run. The Mets beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 at a home game held at Citi Field, New York on Monday, and finished the three consecutive games with two consecutive wins after one loss. The team has 30 wins and 37 losses in this season, trailing the Washington Nationals (32-36 losses), who rank third in the National League East, by 1.5 games, with three wins (one loss) in the recent four games.
The Mets lost the game 1-2 until the top of the ninth inning. However, the first batter Francisco Lindor got on base with a walk in the bottom of the ninth inning, reviving the hope. Brandon Nimmo was out swinging and striking out, but Lindor stole second base with one out. The troubleshooter was third batter Martinez.
Martinez pushed closer Tanner Scott’s slider on the fifth pitch with a ball count of 3 to 1 and connected it to a walk-off two-run homer over the left wall. He hit 106.9 miles (172 kilometers/h) and 409 feet (124.7 meters). Martinez’s homer drew attention because it was his first walk-off homer in his career.
Martinez had 320 homers before the game. According to Elias Sports Buro, a sports statistics site, 320 homers are the third homeruns in the history of a game without a walk-off home run, following Mark Tesera (408 homers) and Jose Batista (336 homers). “I couldn’t believe it (when I heard about the record set). I saw Martinez build a successful career by playing for a long time, and I thought it was nonsense when he said that,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said in amazement at his first walk-off home run. Martinez had two hits (one homer) and two RBIs from four times at bat. 토토사이트 추천
Martinez joined the Mets in March with a one-year contract of 12 million dollars. In February, USA Today said that there were at least six teams that were interested in Martinez but were waiting for the price tag to drop, but his future was confirmed by a single-year contract rather than a multi-year contract. His season record is 0.281 (42 hits in 155 times at bat) with six homers and 21 RBIs in 41 games. His total 321 home runs rank eighth among active players (ranked Giancarlo Stanton, 419).
