The silver lining of the Mets’ season-killing weekend in Boston is that Mark Vientos returned to the majors and collected three hits. Now to see when he’ll smack his first homer since his season debut on May 17. There’s no reason not to play the kids now, is there?
Mark Vientos hit his first home run off Ken Waldichuk, 9/24/22
Ken Waldichuk gave up his first home run to Vaughn Grissom, 9/7/22
Vaugh Grissom hit his first home run off Darwinzon Hernández, 8/10/22
Darwinzon Hernández gave up his first home run to Gio Urshela, 9/9/19
Gio Urshela hit his first home run off Vidal Nuño III, 6/11/15
Vidal Nuño III gave up his first home run to Nate McLouth, 5/21/13
Nate McLouth hit his first home run off Jason Marquis, 8/23/05
Jason Marquis gave up his first home run to Kevin Young, 6/12/00
Kevin Young hit his first home run off Rod Beck, 4/9/93
Rod Beck gave up his first home run to Larry Walker, 5/6/91
Larry Walker hit his first home run off Ron Darling, 4/20/90
Ron Darling gave up his first home run to Claudell Washington, 4/10/84
Claudell Washington hit his first home run off Nelson Briles, 4/16/75
Nelson Briles gave up his first home run to Jim Gentile, 6/6/65
Jim Gentile hit his first home run off Robin Roberts, 9/22/57
Robin Roberts connects to the Daniel Vogelbach home run chain, and on Friday night, Vogelbach homered before Vientos replaced him as designated hitter, striking out in that at-bat but singling later in the game.
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