McMahon brews up big day for Isotopes
One game just wasn't enough for Ryan McMahon.The Colorado first baseman belted a long ball and drove in five runs in Saturday's resumed game, then homered and scored three times in the nightcap as Triple-A Albuquerque took two from Fresno with 10-3 and 7-4 wins.
One game just wasn't enough for
The Colorado first baseman belted a long ball and drove in five runs in Saturday's resumed game, then homered and scored three times in the nightcap as Triple-A Albuquerque took two from Fresno with 10-3 and 7-4 wins.
"I just wanted to get up there and get my swings," said McMahon. "I felt like I can go after any pitch I want to and really felt that tonight. I was put into some pretty good situations from my teammates. They were on base a lot tonight and we put up some numbers."
McMahon didn't enter the first game until the fourth inning on June 3, replacing designated hitter
Game 1 Gameday box score
After the game picked up six weeks later, he skied a homer to center in the sixth off of No. 11 Astros prospect
The 23-year-old started the second game and went yard in his second consecutive at-bat, blasting a fly ball to right that scored Tauchman and
"I don't know if there's anything similar from those at-bats," McMahon said. "One was a changeup and one was on a fastball. I know I was feeling good, so I was just trying to go up there and put a good swing on the ball, and it worked out."
The 2013 second-round pick walked in the third and scored on a single to right by
"I don't know if there's been a certain turning point, this season has been such a long journey," said McMahon. "The little things have been getting better and better every game. I feel like I'm in a spot right now where I can go up there and do what I like to do at the plate."
In his second season in the Pacific Coast League, he is batting .276, his highest mark of the season, and has put together a six-game hitting streak. McMahon hit .374 last season in his first year with the Isotopes, but with 10 dingers this season -- even with all his time in Colorado -- he's on pace to best his career mark of 14 from a season ago.
Over 47 games at the big league level, McMahon batted .211 with two homers, nine RBIs and seven runs scored.
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"I want to go easier into the ball," he said. "I get juiced up when I think there's a fastball coming and stuff like that. It's stuff all hitters think about, so that's probably going to be the biggest thing."
In the first game, sixth-ranked Rockies prospect
In the second game, Colorado right-handed pitcher
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