Michael Conforto wasn’t in the starting lineup during Sunday’s huge win over the San Francisco Giants, but he still finished with three hits while raising his batting average to over .200 for the first time since April.
Conforto was the lone offensive producer on Friday, taking Justin Verlander deep for the Dodgers lone run, and finished the weekend with an additional four hits and four RBI. In what has truly been a year to forget, he is making the most of the final homestretch, as he is slashing .303/.385/.394 through 10 games in the month of September.
There was a spark of luck that long evaded Conforto throughout the season, per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic, and his stellar weekend has put him in a better state of mind.
“It’s been a long time,” Conforto said with a smile that read m