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Vi-yard: Villar homers from both sides
- Updated: September 8, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Villar’s recent power surge produced some Brewers history in Wednesday’s 2-1 win over the Cubs, when the switch-hitting third baseman became the first Milwaukee player in 17 years to homer from both sides of the plate.
Villar batted right-handed against Cubs lefty Mike Montgomery leading off the fourth inning and homered for the Brewers’ first hit. In the eighth, batting left-handed against Joe Smith, Villar smashed a 436-foot shot off the center-field scoreboard for the winning margin. It was Villar’s longest home run of the Statcast™ era.
The last Brewer to homer from both sides of the plate in a game was Jose Valentin, who did it July 1, 1999 — against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Dale Sveum accomplished the feat twice, in 1987 and ’88, and Ted Simmons also homered …
