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. Beltran also had a RBI double in the first that scored Castillo and finished 2-for-5 with two runs. He extended his hitting streak to four games (6-for-16). He has seven RBI in that span. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/16/08).
Fantasy Analysis
In case you haven't noticed, but Beltran had a .204 average as of May 2 and it is now up to .240 some eight games later. He has been hot at the plate in May and this is the type of production Fantasy owners crave. It appears safe to once again start Beltran in Fantasy formats. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Beltran went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs, helping the host Mets to an 8-3 win over Cincinnati on Sunday. (Updated 05/12/2008)
Advice
Beltran, who finished 2-for-5 with two runs, has hit .357 (10-for-28) with a homer and eight RBIs in his last eight games. Overall, he is batting .240 with three homers and 21 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. Beltran also had a RBI double in the first that scored Castillo and finished 2-for-5 with two runs. He extended his hitting streak to four games (6-for-16). He has seven RBI in that span. (Updated 05/11/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/16/08).
Fantasy Analysis
In case you haven't noticed, but Beltran had a .204 average as of May 2 and it is now up to .240 some eight games later. He has been hot at the plate in May and this is the type of production Fantasy owners crave. It appears safe to once again start Beltran in Fantasy formats. (Updated 05/11/2008).
