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Conforto regains late-season swagger with clutch HR
- Updated: September 24, 2016
NEW YORK — Michael Conforto’s bat helped push the Mets into the postseason and on to their unlikely World Series run in 2015. One year later, his team is hoping he can push them there again.
Injuries, inconsistency and a couple trips to Triple-A Las Vegas this summer have dimmed the bright hopes for the future that Conforto laid out a year ago. But with two powerful swings Friday night, resulting in a double and a critical three-run home run in the Mets’ 10-5 win over the Phillies, the young slugger could be finding his stride once again.
Making his first start in five days, Conforto doubled in his first at-bat and scored the Mets’ first run, but the Mets fell behind early, 3-1. They then rallied to tie the game in the fifth when Conforto came to the plate with runners on second and third and one out.
Phillies reliever Frank Herrmann opened the at-bat with a curveball in the dirt and a fastball up and out of the strike zone — pitches that Conforto may have swung at earlier this season when manager Terry Collins speculated that he was …
