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- Updated: July 21, 2016
PHOENIX — There are home runs, and then there are home runs like the one Edwin Encarnacion hit at Chase Field on Wednesday afternoon.
Encarnacion absolutely crushed a two-run shot to left field during the eighth inning of the Blue Jays’ 10-4 victory over the D-backs. According to Statcast™, the ball landed a projected 471 feet away and left his bat at 112 mph.
That was the longest home run hit by a Blue Jay this season, and the fourth longest hit by anyone in the Major Leagues in 2016. It also marked Encarnacion’s longest homer in the Statcast™ era (2015-present), and the second hardest-hit ball he has put in play this year.
“That was the loudest ball I’ve ever witnessed live in a stadium by far,” Blue Jays starter Marcus Stroman said. …
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