Luisangel Acuña continues swinging a hot bat down in the Venezuelan Winter League.
The Mets’ young infielder started and finished the scoring for Cardenales de Lara on Saturday night.
Acuña gave the Cardenales a 1-0 lead in the top of the third, smacking a first pitch fastball over the left field wall for his fourth home run since joining the squad.
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He went down on strikes each of his next two times up, but would strike again in the top of the eighth, this time punching a two out two-run single to left to make it a 10-0 ballgame.
That was the end result, and he finished the night 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI.
Acuña’s reached base two or more times in each of his past three games, and he has four XBH’s over that span.
The 23-year-old’s big couple of days at the plate has brought his average up to a strong .276 with 11 XBH’s, 16 RBI, a .429 OBP, and a .980 OPS.
More intriguing than his offensive display, Acuña was out in center for the ninth time in 23 Winter Ball games.
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