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- Updated: June 5, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — One year ago Saturday, Cesar Hernandez might still have been celebrating the last home run he hit.
It came on May 30, 2015 — a shot to right. Five hundred and one at-bats later, Hernandez lined a 3-1 slider from the Brewers’ Junior Guerra right over the 401 sign in center field in the second inning of the Phillies’ 6-3 loss.
“Boy, I couldn’t believe Cesar hit that homer to dead center,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.
“He said he was going to faint,” Hernandez said, through a translator, of Mackanin.
Hernandez’s 3-for-4 effort on Saturday was him reaping the rewards of hard work before the first pitch is thrown.
Entering Saturday’s game, Hernandez’s average was at its lowest point …
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