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Martin looks to extend hot stretch at plate
- Updated: May 23, 2016
SEATTLE — Leonys Martin has already set a career high with eight home runs in his first two months with the Mariners, but it’s the little things he’s done lately that have both the athletic center fielder and his manager smiling.
Martin went 11-for-20 (.550) with five walks in addition to three homers in six games on Seattle’s 5-1 road trip to Baltimore and Cincinnati, raising his batting average from .200 to .252 and his on-base percentage from .271 to .331 in that span.
With 16 walks in 41 games, the 28-year-old already exceeded his 2015 total of 14 in 95 games for the Rangers when he hit .219 with a .264 OBP. He knows manager Scott Servais values that approach, which is why Martin found himself leading off for the second game in a row in Monday’s series opener against the A’s.
“That’s part of my game,” Martin said. “Try to get on base and create situations to score runs. The small game. I’m trying to do everything I …
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