New York Mets' Jeff McNeil Responds to Heckler in Perfect Fashion
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The one with the heckler.
The New York Mets blew out the San Francisco Giants in their series opener at Oracle Park on Monday night in a 13-3 rout (season-high for runs scored by Mets).
But in the top of the eighth inning while the game still remained within reach for San Francisco as the Mets led by four-runs, a Giants' fan began taunting Jeff McNeil in the batter's box for his lack of power.
“Hey, McNeil! Work out those legs! You've got no power -- no power, McNeil!”
That's when McNeil responded in the best way - by knocking a two-run blast out of the park.
McNeil's homer traveled 408-feet to right field, which was just his second long ball of the season. This was McNeil's first dinger since April 8 - his 30th birthday.
Following McNeil's homer, the Mets went onto score five more runs in what turned into a laugher of a win for New York. This victory also came on manager Buck Showalter's 66th birthday.
Coming off a rough 2021 campaign, McNeil has been one of the Mets' best hitters throughout the first 44 games of the regular season, slashing .311/.364/.444 across 165 plate appearances this year.
The first place Mets currently have the most wins in the National League with a 29-15 record and are eight games up in the N.L. East.
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