Perhaps the Mets are at least seeing Tommy Pham turn into the hitter they wanted when they signed him in the offseason.
The righty-swinging Pham was in the lineup against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi and hit solo homers in the third and fifth innings in another sign that he may be coming around at the plate.
He’d started just once since that game before Sunday, as he filled in for Brandon Nimmo — both at the top of the lineup and in center. After Franciso Alvarez picked off Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first to end the top of the first, the young catcher tried to get Matt Chapman at second in the third. Pham was slow to get to the ball and Chapman scored, just beating Pham’s throw home.
“I thought Mark had a better angle at the ball,” said Pham, who was shaded to right-center with the left-handed Daulton Varsho at the plate. “The ball kicked to left and I thought [Canha] was gonna get it. But when I peeked over, he was in no man’s land.”
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