NEW YORK (The Sports Xchange) — Giancarlo Stanton, the reigning Home Run Derby champion and the player viewed as the most likely to make a post-steroid era run at the season home run record, has yet to homer this season.
The Miami Marlins have scored 25 runs.
So… why fix what’s not broken?
“No more home runs,” Stanton said with a grin Saturday night when he had three sharp singles in four at-bats as the Marlins cruised past the New York Mets 8-1 at Citi Field.
The Marlins’ steady approach has paid off in the first two games of the three-game series, during which they’ve collected 24 hits — just five for extra-bases — while beating the Mets by a combined score of 15-3.