The quick porch strikes once more.
After Gleyber Torres’ walk-off residence run clinched a victory for the Yankees over the visiting Rangers in Game 1 of a Mother’s Day doubleheader on Sunday afternoon, Texas’ supervisor Chris Woodward complained to reporters in regards to the dimensions at Yankee Stadium.
“Small ballpark,” Woodward mentioned in his postgame press convention. “That’s an easy out in 99 percent of ballparks.”
Sure, Torres’ solo residence run wasn’t a tape measure shot. It wasn’t a no-doubter both. But Woodward is mistaken.
The game-winning homer traveled 369 ft to proper discipline and would have been a house run in 26 of the 30 Major League Ballparks.Â
In reality, Torres’ solo shot traveled 14 ft additional than Kole Calhoun’s lengthy ball within the sixth inning, Texas’ solely run scored within the 2-1 loss.Â
Both residence runs had an anticipated batting common above .970, per Statcast. Calhoun’s line drive was struck barely more durable than Torres’ decisive drive at an exit velocity of 108.1 mph.Â
Woodward continued, calling New York’s residence within the Bronx a “Little League ballpark.”
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“The wind wasn’t helping today obviously, but just a 3-1 count. [John] King is one guy that you can put him back out there and know he’s not going to give up a homer. Just happened to hit it in a Little League ballpark to right field.”
Yankee Stadium’s quick porch has been critiqued earlier than and it will likely be once more sooner or later. Torres’ residence run would not have been a difficulty for Texas if the Rangers scored multiple run and did not commit three errors within the contest, although.
The Yankees took discover to Woodward’s remark as nicely.
On a booming residence run off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton within the second recreation of Sunday’s doubleheader, New York’s social media staff posted a clip of the blast with the next caption: “We are going to guess this is a home run in 30/30 Major League ballparks.”
After their loss in Game 1 on Sunday, Texas sits in fourth place within the American League West with a 10-15 report. New York, in the meantime, has one of the best report in Major League Baseball (19-7).
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