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Ewing went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Friday's 6-4 win over the Pirates.
The rookie outfielder continues to make a good impression at the top of the order. Since becoming the Mets' regular leadoff hitter just over a month ago, Ewing has delivered a .275/.319/.404 slash line in 120 plate appearances with eight doubles, two homers, seven steals in seven attempts, eight RBI and 14 runs.
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Mets' A.J. Ewing: Getting breather Thursday
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Ewing is absent from the lineup for Thursday's tilt in Cleveland.
Ewing is in a 5-for-27 slide at the dish over his last six games, so he'll get a break Thursday to regroup. Cristian Pache will play left field as the Mets go for the sweep.
Mets' A.J. Ewing: Idle for second game of twin bill
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Ewing is out of the lineup for the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Atlanta.
Ewing went 1-for-2 with two steals, a run and an RBI in the Mets' 3-2 win in the first game of the twin bill. He'll hit the bench for the second contest of the day while Tyrone Taylor, Luis Robert and Carson Benge start in the outfield from left to right.
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Mets' A.J. Ewing: Serves as spark atop lineup
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Ewing went 3-for-5 with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base in a 14-3 victory versus Atlanta on Monday.
Ewing led off New York's half of the first inning with a single and came around to score on a Francisco Lindor triple. The rookie outfielder added two more singles and hit a sacrifice fly before the game was over as the Mets rolled in an eventual rout. Ewing has taken over as New York's primary leadoff hitter, batting leadoff in 17 of his past 18 games, and is faring well with a .271/.342/.417 slash line on the season. He's been doing a bit of everything, logging seven homers, 12 steals, 31 runs and 26 RBI through 66 contests.
Mets' A.J. Ewing: Fills stat sheet in shootout loss
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Ewing went 4-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, four runs scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 16-12 loss to the Royals.
Ewing launched a two-run homer off Seth Lugo in the second inning before adding an RBI single in the fourth. He swiped his ninth base of the season in the sixth. The four hits established a season high and were more than he had collected from his previous seven games combined (three). Ewing is now slashing .276/.359/.431 with six home runs, seven doubles, one triple, 23 RBI, 24 runs scored and nine stolen bases across 200 plate appearances.
Ewing went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over Atlanta.
The rookie center fielder took Martin Perez deep in the second inning, Ewing's fifth homer of the season and third in the last 11 games -- a stretch in which he's delivered a .314/.400/.600 slash line with a double, six runs and seven RBI. He's also stolen a base but has been caught stealing three times in that span, leaving him with a shaky 8-for-14 showing on the basepaths since his mid-May promotion.
Ewing will start in center field and bat leadoff in Friday's game versus Atlanta.
Ewing has mostly batted between fifth and eighth in the Mets' lineup since being called up in mid-May, but he will get his first chance in the leadoff spot Friday. Normal leadoff man Carson Benge will bat fifth in the series opener.
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Mets' A.J. Ewing: Pops fourth homer
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Ewing went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's loss to the Phillies.
The rookie began the game on the bench to avoid southpaw Jesus Luzardo, but Ewing made an impact when he pinch hit for Tyrone Taylor in the sixth inning and took Chase Shugart deep to tie the game at 3-3, before the Phillies reclaimed the lead for good in the top of the seventh. Ewing has hit safely in five straight games, going 8-for-16 with two of his four homers on the year along with a double, a steal, three runs, six RBI and a 3:1 BB:K.
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Mets' A.J. Ewing: On bench versus lefty
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Ewing is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.
The rookie center fielder has regularly started against left-handed pitching since getting called up by the Mets in mid-May, but he'll receive a day off Sunday versus Jesus Luzardo. Ewing started the previous seven contests and went 8-for-24 with four walks, a double and a homer during that span.
Ewing went 1-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base in Thursday's extra-inning loss to the Cubs.
The rookie center fielder swiped his eighth bag of the season, and his first since June 5, in the seventh inning with the game tied 3-3, but he was left stranded and the Mets never scored again. Ewing's enjoying a productive June, slashing .280/.353/.453 over 22 contests with seven doubles, two homers, four steals, eight runs and nine RBI.
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Mets' A.J. Ewing: Three hits, homer in win
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Ewing went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, an RBI double and an additional run scored in Sunday's 8-1 win over Atlanta.
Ewing came a triple shy of a cycle Sunday while logging the second three-hit game of his major-league career. The rookie outfielder put the Mets ahead with his RBI double in the first inning before extending the lead to 5-1 in the fifth with a home run, his second of the year, off Bryce Elder. Ewing has gone 13-for-38 (.342) over his last 11 games, boosting his slash line to .267/.339/.381 through 120 plate appearances this season with 14 runs scored, nine RBI and seven stolen bases.
