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Statcast of the Day: Twins dodge Miggy threat
- Updated: September 16, 2016
Miguel Cabrera had starred in this moment countless times before.
With two on and two outs in the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers slugger stepped into the box, looking to spark a rally for his club, facing a 4-0 deficit against the Twins. In fact, Cabrera had done just that the day before, fueling yet another late-inning comeback for Detroit with a go-head homer in the seventh.
But luck wasn’t on his side Thursday.
Cabrera launched a 92.2-mph sinker from Minnesota’s Hector Santiago deep into center field. The ball rocketed off his bat at 108.8 mph with a launch angle of 33 degrees, as projected by Statcast™. The four previous balls hit with that exit velocity and launch angle this season were home runs. Unfortunately for a visibly frustrated Cabrera, his was not, and the Tigers went on to lose, 5-1.
The ballpark — Comerica Park’s center-field fence extends to 420 feet, which is among the deepest in the Majors — and the weather — a sharp wind was blowing in from center — were working …