Jesse Winker thought back to the start of this season, when he returned from shoulder surgery and went hitless in his first 14 at-bats and 23 of 24. His Cincinnati Reds teammates told him not to worry. "They said it's eight games, nine games, it's 10 games," he recalled. "You don't make 162 games out of 10 games, right? You don't make it out of a month." Just 28 games into the season, Winker has set a career high for home runs. He pulled a 96 mph fastball from All-Star closer Edwin Diaz over the right-center field fence with two outs in the ninth inning on a chilly Monday night, and the Reds beat the New York Mets 5-4 after wasting a four-run lead. read more http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401075155&wsVar=us~mlb~gamepackage,desktop,en
