Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco, who tied a franchise record by homering in his fifth straight game Tuesday, is succeeding by "staying within himself," manager Bryan Price told MLB.com.
"He's doing it hitting in the four-hole, where I think at times you can as a hitter kind of inherit some extra sense of responsibility and maybe try to hit more home runs and extra-base hits and manufacture things that may not be there for you on a particular night if you don't get the pitches to hit," Price said. "He's really staying within himself. I know it's a cliche, but he's really doing a nice job of taking what he gets and really doing something with it."
Mesoraco, 26, is one shy of the all-time record for consecutive games with a home run by a catcher. The Giants' Walker Cooper homered in six straight in June 1947.