Maikel Franco finally turning his season around
This weekend was the best series for Maikel Franco in quite some time. He went 4-for-12 with a double Saturday and a solo home run Sunday. His home run was the game-winning run in Sunday’s win and his first since May 18.
After the game, Franco said he was feeling positive about his season moving forward despite the struggles he had in May: [quote via Marc Narducci of Philly.com]
"“This feels really good to me,” Franco said. “[May] was a tough month for me, but I try to throw that away and just think about day to day, game to game, and try to do everything I can to do better.”"
Franco had a .218/.274/.322 line with a 6.3% walk rate and 16.8% strikeout rate in May. He did suffer from some poor luck as he had a .243 batting average on balls in play despite having soft contact just 16.7% of the time.
Hopefully, this series is just the beginning of a hot June for Franco as he looks to mark a new beginning for what has been a rather poor 2017 season so far.