Mike Moustakas entered play today having knocked around Pittsburgh Pirates starter Trevor Cahill throughout his career, and that certainly did not change.
Moose’s solo homer was the single biggest blast of the game, but that was far from his only contribution on the day. He walked twice, added a single, and scored twice, in the process raising his OPS by some 70 points.
The Cincinnati Reds are desperately going to need his lefty bat to emerge while Joey Votto is sidelined, and with this successful day in the books and a four-game series in Coors Field on the horizon, perhaps we’re about to see the Moose put together a big run.