{"id":20896,"date":"2024-06-14T13:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=20896"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:07:51","slug":"martinez-makes-321st-career-hr-his-first-walk-off-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/martinez-makes-321st-career-hr-his-first-walk-off-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Martinez makes 321st career HR his first walk-off shot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/mets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Mets <\/a>hitter, J.D. Martinez has often been teased by his loved ones that he never hit a walk-off homer during his 14 years in the big leagues. This all changed Thursday night at Citi Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York\u2019s bats were cold until they rallied in the late innings, rounding off with Martinez delivering the first walk-off home run of his career for a 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mets were down 2-1, when they scored the winning run off closer Tanner Scott in the ninth inning. Francisco Lindor led off with a walk. Two batters later, Martinez stepped to the plate and Lindor clinched second base. On a 3-1 pitch, he hit the ball over the right-centre-field fence to win the match. Martinez had hit 320 career homers without a walk-off shot before Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I was just told [about what Martinez accomplished],\u201d Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen this guy play for so many years and have a successful career. He is a pretty good hitter. When Martinez told me that, I was like, \u2018No way.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scott stated he made serious mistakes before permitting the Martinez dinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI shouldn&#8217;t have walked Lindor to start it off and then made probably three up and away pitches too much to J.D.,\u201d Scott said. \u201cAnd he almost got me the other day, and then of course I threw a slider that he got to, and that&#8217;s his honey hole and just missed location. I shouldn&#8217;t have fallen behind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez\u2019s 320 career home runs before his first career regular-season walk-off homers are the third most in MLB history, trailing only Max Teixeira (408) and Jos\u00e9 Bautista (336), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was definitely cool. I\u2019ve hit a lot of late-inning home runs and [had] big hits, but never a walk-off home run,\u201d Martinez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez was not certain if the ball was out of the park. Many times this season he has seen balls go as far as the warning track at Citi Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018If that doesn\u2019t go, what does?\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After ending the match with the monster shot, Martinez was teased again by his family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI heard from everybody. My friends are already on me. [They said], &#8216;It\u2019s only taken him [14] years.&#8217; It\u2019s funny,\u201d Martinez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Mets hitter, J.D. Martinez has often been teased by his loved ones that he never hit a walk-off homer during his 14 years in the big leagues. This all changed Thursday night at Citi Field.\u00a0 New York\u2019s bats were cold until they rallied in the late innings, rounding off with Martinez delivering the first walk-off home run of his career for a 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. The Mets were down 2-1, when they scored the winning run off closer Tanner Scott in the ninth inning. Francisco Lindor led off with a walk. Two batters later, Martinez stepped to the plate and Lindor clinched second base. On a 3-1 pitch, he hit the ball over the right-centre-field fence to win the match. Martinez had hit 320 career homers without a walk-off shot before Thursday. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I was just told [about what Martinez accomplished],\u201d Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen this guy play for so many years and have a successful career. He is a pretty good hitter. When Martinez told me that, I was like, \u2018No way.\u2019 Scott stated he made serious mistakes before permitting the Martinez dinger. \u201cI shouldn&#8217;t have walked Lindor to start it off and then made probably three up and away pitches too much to J.D.,\u201d Scott said. \u201cAnd he almost got me the other day, and then of course I threw a slider that he got to, and that&#8217;s his honey hole and just missed location. I shouldn&#8217;t have fallen behind.\u201d Martinez\u2019s 320 career home runs before his first career regular-season walk-off homers are the third most in MLB history, trailing only Max Teixeira (408) and Jos\u00e9 Bautista (336), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.&nbsp; \u201cIt was definitely cool. I\u2019ve hit a lot of late-inning home runs and [had] big hits, but never a walk-off home run,\u201d Martinez said. Martinez was not certain if the ball was out of the park. Many times this season he has seen balls go as far as the warning track at Citi Field. \u201cI said, \u2018If that doesn\u2019t go, what does?\u2019 he said. After ending the match with the monster shot, Martinez was teased again by his family and friends. \u201cI heard from everybody. My friends are already on me. 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