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Neil Walker offers deep thoughts after home run No. 8
- Updated: April 26, 2016
12:55 AM ET
NEW YORK — Neil Walker has four more games to become the greatest April home run-hitter in New York Mets history.
Walker slugged the eighth home run of his Mets career on Monday. The two-run shot off right-hander JC Ramirez in the seventh inning broke a tie and lifted the Mets to a 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the series opener at Citi Field.
Only Dave Kingman (1976), Carlos Delgado (2006) and John Buck (2013) have more homers in April of one season in franchise history. They each slugged nine. Walker’s eight homers are the most in a calendar month in his career. He twice had seven while with the Pittsburgh …
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