Watch: Stanton crushes 200th career HR
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Hitting the 200th home run of your career is one heck of a way to break out of a slump.
Giancarlo Stanton effectively put an end to those who doubted he'd ever hit a baseball again, sending a Jacob deGrom offering deep to left-center field for the 200th home run of his career.
With the longball, Stanton became the seventh-fastest player to hit 200 home runs in his career, reaching the mark in 781 games.
It wasn't the only baseball Stanton crushed on Wednesday, though. The Marlins outfielder also went deep in the fourth inning, becoming the first Marlins player in history to record four home runs in four consecutive at-bats:
(Videos courtesy: MLB.com)
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