'I feel like myself': Mets' Mark Vientos rebounds from rough spring training with hot start to April
After a tough spring training, Mark Vientos is surging for the Mets in April.
Mark Vientos slashed . 057/. 108/.
171 with one home run and two RBI across 11 spring training games in February and March, but the Mets ' 26-year-old corner infielder and designated hitter has been a different player since the calendar flipped to April. He extended his hitting streak to four games with three knocks in Saturday's 9-0 win at the San Francisco Giants, continuing momentum from a two-hit, two-walk performance that sparked Friday's 10-3 victory . "I feel like myself," Vientos said.
"I feel good. I think the best part is just guys are going, had good day, all of us together. Clay (Holmes) pitched a heck of a game, and it was fun -- it was fun today.
" Vientos had one hit in three at-bats across the Mets' March 28 and 31 games against the Pittsburgh Pirates and at the St. Louis Cardinals, respectively, before a 7-for-14 start to this month. "It's good to see it," Mendoza said.