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Carter making up for K’s with massive homers
- Updated: September 19, 2016
CHICAGO — It’s not that strikeouts don’t mean anything to Chris Carter, because they do.
The hulking first baseman doesn’t like striking out so often, but he and the Brewers do enjoy seeing baseballs leave his bat at high rates of speed, headed for destinations far over the outfield wall.
Taking that into consideration, Carter’s three strikeouts in the Brewers’ 3-1 win over the Cubs on Sunday were just hazards of the job. They pushed his season total to a franchise-record 191, but there was also a pay off. Carter hit a towering solo home run in the eighth inning for an important insurance run. According to Statcast™, the homer had a launch angle of 44 degrees, with an exit velocity of 108 mph and a projected distance of 366 feet.
“Well, that’s why he’s in there,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “There were three strikeouts to start the game, but then there’s a homer in there that …
