NEW YORK – Sure, Julio Teheran had perfected his home run celebration – plenty of times, while clowning with fellow Atlanta Braves pitchers during batting practice.
He just never got to trot it out.
Teheran hit the first homer of his MLB career to begin Atlanta’s comeback Sunday afternoon at Citi Field, and Nick Markakis homered in the 10th inning to send the Braves over the New York Mets, 5-4.
Long a Mets nemesis on the mound, Teheran found a new way to torment them. He stepped up in the fifth inning as a career .153 hitter, clubbed a high fastball over the left-field wall, then took a leisurely jog.
“You don’t know when you’re going to hit one,” he said. “It’s a homer; you enjoy it.”