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MINNEAPOLIS — Luisangel Acuña is enjoying major league life and has learned to embrace the No. 9 spot in the batting order.
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“It’s almost as if I’m hitting leadoff,” the rookie infielder said Tuesday through an interpreter before the Mets faced the Twins at Target Field. “If I get on base, [Francisco] Lindor is following and then [Juan] Soto and if I can get into scoring position it gives us a better chance to score runs.”
The Mets saw the best of this a night earlier, when Acuña reached base three times, including with a bunt single that ignited a rally. Acuña scored two of the Mets’ five runs.
He entered Tuesday with six hits in his past four games, moving Brett Baty to the bench.