Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning to support Oliver Perez and lead the New York Mets to an 8-3 victory Sunday over the bumbling Cincinnati Reds. Beltran went deep with Luis Castillo aboard, his first home run since April 24, before Church connected for his seventh home run of the season. Church finished 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/13/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Church now has three homers in his last five games. The only downside is that they have all been solo shots. Oh well. It's hard to complain with the season that Church has put together. He has been on the Mets' best hitters in 2008 and has emerged as a viable Fantasy OF for the time being. Whether he bats second or fifth, Church continues to answer the call. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Church went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs for the visiting Mets in their 6-2 win over Arizona on Friday. (Updated 05/03/2008)
Advice
Church has hit .339 (21-for-62) with three homers and 14 RBIs in his last 16 games, collecting at least one hit in all but two of those outings. He is hitting .324 with four homers and 22 RBIs this season.
Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning to support Oliver Perez and lead the New York Mets to an 8-3 victory Sunday over the bumbling Cincinnati Reds. Beltran went deep with Luis Castillo aboard, his first home run since April 24, before Church connected for his seventh home run of the season. Church finished 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/13/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Church now has three homers in his last five games. The only downside is that they have all been solo shots. Oh well. It's hard to complain with the season that Church has put together. He has been on the Mets' best hitters in 2008 and has emerged as a viable Fantasy OF for the time being. Whether he bats second or fifth, Church continues to answer the call. (Updated 05/11/2008).
