Here are 9 stats and info to know from a enjoyable Saturday evening sport.
• The Padres and Giants every hit back-to-back homers twice within the sport. It was the primary time in MLB historical past that each groups had a number of distinct house run streaks in a sport, in keeping with the Elias Sports Bureau. Why the “distinct” wording? On April 9, 2000, the Twins and Royals every hit back-to-back-to-back homers. That’s additionally a fantastic feat, and technically is 2 back-to-backs per group, however actually differs from 4 separate streaks in a sport.
• The two groups mixed for 11 homers, two shy of the file for a single sport, from 10 completely different gamers. That’s tied for essentially the most gamers with a house run in a sport in AL/NL historical past, with the Diamondbacks at Phillies on June 10, 2019, and Mets at Phillies on Aug. 24, 2015, per Elias.
• Nelson Cruz had himself a day, changing into the oldest participant in Padres historical past with a homer, surpassing Rickey Henderson’s 42 years and 283 days on Oct. 4, 2001. At 42 years and 302 days, Cruz turned the second-oldest participant since 1900 with a five-hit sport, youthful than solely Pete Rose (8/11/86: 45 years, 119 days). Cruz added a stolen base, too.
• Xander Bogaerts’ house run put him in a novel membership. The Padres shortstop has a homer in 4 completely different international locations — the United States, Canada, England and now Mexico. He’s the third participant with a regular-season house run in 4 international locations or territories, together with Tony Clark and Michael Brantley, who’ve homered in three international locations in addition to Puerto Rico.
Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú is at greater elevation than Coors Field, making for some record-breaking house run feats.
• Brandon Crawford’s homer went 482 ft, making it the longest house run by a Giants participant within the Statcast Era (since 2015, together with playoffs). The prior file had been 480 ft by Alex Dickerson at Coors Field in 2020.
• The Padres and Giants mixed for seven 440-plus-foot homers. That’s essentially the most mixed 440-foot house runs in a sport within the Statcast Era, in keeping with analysis by MLB’s Jason Bernard. The prior mark was 4 in 4 completely different video games, all at Coors Field.
• The Padres had 4 of these 440-foot homers, from Bogaerts (455 ft), Juan Soto (448 ft), Manny Machado (442 ft) and Cruz (442 ft). That’s tied with the Rockies on June 26, 2016, at Coors Field for essentially the most by one group in a sport since ‘15.
• The groups mixed for 4 450-plus-foot homers amongst these seven 440s. That’s essentially the most mixed 450-foot house runs in a sport within the Statcast Era, in keeping with Bernard. The prior most was three in six completely different video games.
• The Giants had three of these 450-foot homers, from Crawford (482 ft), LaMonte Wade Jr. (474 ft) and Mitch Haniger (456 ft). That’s tied for essentially the most by one group in a sport since ‘15, with the Rockies within the aforementioned June 26, 2016, sport and the Pirates on April 22, 2016, at Chase Field.
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