NEW YORK -- Yoenis Cespedes cranked his first home run of the season in the fifth inning of Saturday's 6-2 win over the Cardinals at Citi Field, maintaining the pace he set during a power-packed spring.
Cespedes redirected a Michael Wacha curveball below the strike zone over the left-field fence, depositing it a projected 392 feet away, according to Statcast™. It was his first regular-season home run since last Aug. 24, just before the Mets shut him down with a right hamstring strain. Cespedes, who hit a career-high 35 home runs in 2015 and 31 the following year, mustered just 17 last year as he battled multiple hamstring injuries.