WATCH: Yoenis Cespedes crushes a homer where no man has gone before in a game

He's the first player to reach the third deck of Citi Field during a game, according to the SNY broadcast

The Mets came into Thursday having lost four straight games, so they continue to slide further behind the first place Nationals in the NL East. Needless say, this has been a rough week for the Amazin's.

On Thursday, Yoenis Cespedes gave the Mets faithful something to cheer about. He clobbered a home run into the third deck at Citi Field. John Lackey served it up. To the action footage:

Cespedes is the first player to hit a ball into the third deck during an actual game, according to the SNY broadcast. Several players have reached the third deck during batting practice, and a bunch did it during the 2013 Home Run Derby as well.

Here's the Statcast information on Cespedes' blast:

Yeah, Statcast may be underselling that one. The fancy schmancy computers are telling us all these 500-foot blasts are really 441 feet. Lame!

That titanic blast by Cespedes is a good sign for the Mets, who need their star slugger to get hot and help them reverse this recent losing streak.