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Opposite-field homer a good sign for Conforto
- Updated: May 21, 2016
NEW YORK — Until Friday night at Citi Field, Michael Conforto hadn’t homered once to left field this season. Not even in his red-hot April, when he hit .365, and certainly not in his ice-cold May, a month in which he had been hitting .158 and not driving much of anything the other way.
However, in the Mets’ series-opening 3-2 win over the Brewers, Conforto put one out to the opposite field — a go-ahead two-run shot on a 95-mph Wily Peralta fastball that was down but over the middle of the plate.
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“I think it’s a big thing,” Conforto said. “Last year, I think I hit about half of [my home runs] the other way, and I was swinging really well during those times. So I think it’s a good sign for me to be able to go the other way with power.”
In Conforto’s 2015 …
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