During the Mets’ tough stretch, they had a hard time coming up with the big knock when they needed it the most.
That was until earlier this week when Brandon Nimmo lifted a second inning grand slam off of young Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski to break things open and help push them to a skid-snapping Game 2 victory.
Since then, things have turned around for this offense with Nimmo leading the way.
The outfielder has been scorching hot and that continued on Saturday, as he launched a first inning grand slam off left-hander Carlos Rodón to get things going in what ended as their fourth consecutive win.
It was Nimmo’s third grand slam of the season, and his second in the last four days.
“We had some great at-bats leading up to that,” Nimmo said. “Even Juan [Soto] giving himself up there, he felt like he wanted to lay a bunt down and at the worst he was able to get guys over into scoring position — he’ll break that out sometimes.
“That was inspiring to me, I was like heck yeah — and then I knew with Pete [Alonso] going up there, there was a good chance that they were going to pitch around him to get to me, so I was just trying to come up with a gameplan and get the barrel on the ball.”
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Nimmo would reach again with a single in the bottom of the fifth and stole a base but was retired in his other two plate appearances — finishing the day 2-for-4 with four RBI and his ninth stolen base of the season.
After a slow start to the season, he’s now up to 18 homers and 52 RBI.
He’s been particularly hot as the weather has started getting warmer — hitting an even .300 with nine of those home runs, 22 RBI, and a .916 OPS over his last 30 games.
“It sets the tone and takes pressure off of everyone,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He’s been locked in for a good stretch now — driving the baseball with authority, controlling the strike zone, going the other way when he needs to, taking tough pitches out of the zone.
“Even the ones he’s fouling off there’s been conviction, there’s balance up there, there’s just a lot to like about his at-bats right now.”
Nimmo wishes he had some sort of magic potion behind his dramatic turnaround at the plate, but he says it’s simply the name of the game thus far this year.
“It’s just staying the course, trying to not panic and kind of trusting that things will come around — but it’s definitely been nice to be able to help the team out,” he added.
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