By: Michael Ganci

T.J. Rivera and the Lastings Milledge Connection

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T.J. Rivera hit his first major league homer in the 10th inning last night.

Rivera was the first Met to hit his first major league home run in extra-innings since Lastings Milledge did so on June 4, 2006 vs. San Francisco. Research courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau. Rivera had three RBI in his first 41 at-bats before driving in three runs last night.

Rivera is also the sixth player in Mets history whose first career homer was a go-ahead blast in extra-innings. The others to do so: Steve Henderson (1977), Brian Giles (1982), Melvin Mora (2000), Esix Snead (2002) and Craig Brazell (2004). Info courtesy of Elias.

Rivera became the third Met this season to hit a homer in extra-innings joining Kelly Johnson (June 25 at Atlanta) and Yoenis Cespedes (August 29 vs. Miami).

Enjoy Rivera’s homer video below:

About Michael Ganci

Michael Ganci is the Co-Founder of the Daily Stache, along with Matthew Falkenbury. Since 2008, Ganci has eat, drank and dreamt all things Mets, and he'd have it no other way. Feel free to follow him on Twitter at @DailyStache.

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