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Franco takes advice, breaks out of slump
- Updated: April 23, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Maybe this is the jumpstart Maikel Franco and the Phillies needed.
Franco hit a pair of home runs Friday night in a 5-2 victory over the Brewers at Miller Park. He hit a two-run home run to left field in the fifth — as the Phillies scored a season-high three runs in the inning — and a solo home run to left-center field in the seventh inning.
Both balls left Franco’s bat at 105 mph, according to Statcast™. The homer in the seventh traveled a projected 426 feet, making it the longest Phillies home run this season.
“This year, yeah,” Franco said, asked if it was one of the longest homers he had hit in a while.
Franco was right about that. He hit three homers farther last season.
“It was a good pitch to hit,” Franco said of a 1-1 slider from Brewers left-hander Chris Capuano. “When they make a mistake, I have to put good contact on it.”
It had been a while since Franco …
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