Marte started the bottom of the first with a 119.6 mph double, one of the hardest hit balls in the majors this season. The home run was his fourth against the Rangers this year. One of those was a game-winning solo shot in the top of the ninth against Danny Coulombe in a 3-2 win. Another was that two out, three run shot off of Phil Maton in the 6-4 loss where Maton struck out the first three batters he faced on nine pitches, and then, needing just one more out to seal the victory, gave up a home run to James McCann, who I didn’t realize at the time was still in the league, hit a batter, and walked a batter before giving up the bomb to Marte.
