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- Updated: September 15, 2016
WASHINGTON — Catcher Wilson Ramos appears to be out of his slump. His home run in the seventh inning helped the Nationals edge the Mets, 1-0, at Nationals Park on Wednesday.
Ramos swung at the first pitch from right-hander Fernando Salas and hit a monster home run into the left-center-field bleachers. Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes and center fielder Curtis Granderson barely moved. The ball traveled a Statcast™-projected 427 feet and the exit velocity was 110 mph.
“Willie will be the first one to probably tell you that he has been struggling a little bit,” bench coach Chris Speier said. “Again, this is a long season, he has caught a lot of games. He really squared that ball up. He is going to enjoy …
