PHILADELPHIA • Jason Heyward homered to left and twice singled to center Sunday as he ran his numbers in the first five games of this trip to 11 hits in 20 at-bats and his season average to .279.
“I don’t know what else you could ask for,” said manager Mike Matheny.
Before the game, Matheny had said, “The word I keep coming back to is ‘free.’ I don’t know ‘free’ from what? But I saw a guy trying to do so much he was almost bound up.
“He was trying to (1) make an impression on his new team and (2) still trying to figure out the kind of hitter he wants to be.