Minneapolis – Luisangel Acuña is enjoying the life of the big leagues and has learned to adopt the number 9 in the batting order.
“It’s almost as if he were reaching the beginning,” said the rookie player on Tuesday through an interpreter before the Mets faced the twins in Target Field. “If I get on the base, [Francisco] Lindor is following and then [Juan] Soto and if I can get into the punctuation position, it gives us a better opportunity to score races. “
The Mets saw the best of this one night before, when Acuña reached the base three times, even with a touch single that lit a rally. Acuña scored two of the five mets races.
He entered Tuesday with six hits in his last four games, moving Brett Bitch to the bank.