Cespedes hit three doubles and drove http://www.authenticflyersshop.com/authentic-93-jakub-voracek-jersey.html in four runs, leading the Mets over the Miami Marlins 12-1 and putting them atop the NL East.
''I think I'm just going to go out there and do what I always do,'' he said, ''and work hard and hopefully help the team.''
He'll get his first shot Saturday night as the No. 3 hitter, playing left field, thrust into a crucial series for the Mets. They are facing the rival Washington Nationals, who lead New York by two games in the NL East.
To make room for Cespedes, the Mets sent top prospect Michael Conforto to Triple-A Las Vegas. Conforto was playing at Double-A Binghamton when he was promoted.
The New York Mets acquired Yoenis Cespedes last week, hoping Sabres Tyler Ennis Jersey he would be a big hit in the middle of their lineup.On Monday night, he helped them slug their way into first place.
''Very nice, a good night for him,'' manager Terry Collins said. ''That's why we got him. We got him to be that guy in the middle of the lineup who drives in those big runs.''
The Mets obtained Cespedes from Detroit right before Friday's trade deadline. Playing for the third time with New York, he tied the team record for doubles in a game.
Fresh off sweeping Washington, the Mets won their fourth in a row and moved a game ahead of the Nationals for the division lead.
''It's obviously a great spot to be in at this point in time in August to say that you have yourself either in contention or on top of the division,'' said Curtis Granderson, who got three hits, drove in two runs and scored twice.
The Mets topped the 10 total runs they scored while sweeping three from Washington. This win, coupled with the Nationals' loss to Arizona, put the Mets in first place for the first time since June 19.
''It's always nice to be there, but we've got a lot of games to play,'' Collins said.
There was a brief delay with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning after Tomas Telis lost control http://www.authenticcanadiensstore.com/authentic-14-tomas-plekanec-jersey.html of his bat and it flew into the seats, hitting a fan in the neck. The man was sitting with an ice pack in a tunnel underneath the stands after the game. The Marlins said they would monitor him and expected he soon would be OK to go home.
''Not much you can say about this game,'' Marlins manager Dan Jennings said. ''It was ugly, the worst game we played all year.''
Cespedes came into the game 1 for 7 in his first two games with the Mets. He doubled down the left-field line in his first at-bat, hit a two-run double off the right-center field wall in the fifth and added two-run double off the left-center field wall in the sixth.
''He was really close to hitting the ball out of the ballpark a couple times,'' Granderson said. ''It's very impressive to get a chance to watch him swing the bat.''
The last Mets player to hit three doubles in a game was Scott Hairston on Aug. 17, 2012.
Conforto homered in the second to center field for a 3-0 lead.
''That ball was crushed,'' Collins said.
The Mets broke Youth Zach Parise Jersey it open with a four-run fourth, highlighted by Cespedes' double. Wilmer Flores' double and Kelly Johnson's groundout also scored runs.
Cespedes doubled in the sixth and scored on two wild pitches by Andre Rienzo.