Mets veteran second baseman has played for 15 seasons in the MLB, recording 320 home runs in 2,153 career games.
Before Tuesday, however, he has never gone deep three times in one game. That changed after a memorable performance in a 5-2 Mets win over the San Diego Padres.
Canó, who has been slumping in the midst of his worst career season, broke out for three home runs in front of the Citi Field crowd to lead the Mets to victory.
Canó had been batting .246 with only 6 home runs in a slow start to his tenure with the Mets. The veteran second baseman has dealt with questions as to whether or not his days as a productive MLB player have come and gone. With his performance on Tuesday, those doubts were laid to rest, at least for one night.
Canó’s first bomb of the night was a fourth in inning solo shot off of Padres starter Chris Paddack to open the scoring. Next, the Dominican second baseman tagged Paddack again for a two-run homer in the sixth inning to extend New York’s lead to 3-0.
His final long ball of the night came off of reliever Logan Allen in the 7th, another two-run shot. He finished the night 4-4 with 5 RBI.
2019 has been a year to forget for the fourth-place Mets and their highly-paid second baseman, but July 23rd is a day that they’ll want to remember forever.
