Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard went 2 for 4 at the plate in Philadelphia's 6-2 win over the Marlins on Sunday. Howard cracked his first triple of the season in the sixth inning when he took a Jarred Cosart pitch to deep center field, driving in Darin Ruf.
Howard credits his recent success at the plate to hitting coach Steve Harrison, according to Philly.com.
"It was a tough series. I had problems kind of getting my rhythm, getting comfortable in the box. It's a strange game, man. It's like one minute it's there, one minute it's not. But that third [at-bat], I found something."
Howard had three triples in the last two years coming into the contest and boosted his average to .193 on 83 at-bats.
"Those were good swings, real good swings," Sandberg said. "He took his aggression out on the baseball."