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Bucs go boom: Mercer tops Statcast blasts
- Updated: April 23, 2016
PHOENIX — The Pirates found their power stroke Friday night at Chase Field, clobbering three of the five longest home runs tracked by Statcast™ this season against D-backs left-hander Patrick Corbin.
Shortstop Jordy Mercer crushed an 85 mph changeup from Corbin in the third inning, sending it a projected 466.1 feet to left-center field. Mercer’s first homer of the season surpassed Nolan Arenado’s projected 462.2-foot shot as the longest in the Majors this year.
The ball came off Mercer’s bat with an exit velocity of 106 mph. Mercer’s longest home run before Friday went …
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