MINNEAPOLIS — Luisangel Acuña is having fun with main league life and has discovered to embrace the No. 9 spot within the batting order.
“It’s virtually as if I’m hitting leadoff,” the rookie infielder stated Tuesday via an interpreter earlier than the Mets confronted the Twins at Goal Subject. “If I get on base, [Francisco] Lindor is following after which [Juan] Soto and if I can get into scoring place it provides us a greater likelihood to attain runs.”
The Mets noticed the most effective of this an evening earlier, when Acuña reached base 3 times, together with with a bunt single that ignited a rally. Acuña scored two of the Mets’ 5 runs.
He entered Tuesday with six hits in his previous 4 video games, shifting Brett Baty to the bench.
