SAN DIEGO (CBSMiami/SportsDirect) – One of the league’s top sluggers knows how to make himself at home while visiting ballparks other than his own.
Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton proved during last season’s Home Run Derby and this year’s World Baseball Classic that he can make Petco Park – among the most pitcher-friendly parks in the majors – look small, and he’s doing it yet again.
The three-time All-Star attempts to go deep for a fourth consecutive game Sunday, when the Marlins visit the San Diego Padres for the rubber match of their three-game series.
Stanton slugged 61 home runs during last summer’s exhibition at Petco Park to win the competition going away and hit an important shot against the Dominican Republic to propel the United States into the semifinals of the WBC last month.