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Giancarlo Stanton He did not hesitate to demonstrate his power and hit his 22nd home run of the 2024 MLB campaign in the first of the series between Colorado Rockies y New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 23.
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Game 1 between Colorado Rockies y New York Yankees in it Yankee Stadium In the middle of the day on August 23 in MLB he was cataloging to be considered with the adjective of «match». Until the bottom of the fourth inning, the two starters, Kyle Freeland y Carlos Rodonhad not allowed a run. However, the leading home run hitter among active players, Giancarlo Stantonchanged history.
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In the bottom of the fourth inning and with two outs on the scoreboard, the designated hitter New York Yankees He stepped into the batter’s box for the second time in the game. After being removed in his first at-bat, he took revenge against Freeland’s pitches.
After being at 2-0, Giancarlo Stanton He connected on a 91.6 MPH sinker pitch in the outside zone. The hit initially appeared to have little power but its exit velocity (101.5 MPH) and its angle of inclination with the horizontal (26 degrees) were enough for the ball to fall to 384 pies away, opening the scoreboard in favor of New York Yankees.
Giancarlo Stanton is putting up numbers with the New York Yankees that include him on power lists in the franchise
Giancarlo Stanton, a key piece of the New York Yankees
As of the time of this writing, Giancarlo Stanton He posted a .242/.302/.790 offensive line. He also has 13 doubles, 22 home runs, 56 RBIs and 40 runs scored. The designated hitter is projected to surpass those offensive statistics in 2023.
Giancarlo Stanton is, along with Juan Soto y Aaron Judgepart of the offensive spark plug that keeps New York Yankees at the top of the American League East Division, above Baltimore Orioles.
With this home run, Giancarlo Stanton reached 157 in his career with New York Yankees and was just one behind Hank Bauer who is in 29th place in franchise home run history. Likewise, the 415 RBIs with the pinstripes puts him just two behind Lou Piniella (417) and the Top 50 RBI in the Bronx.
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