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Palm ball: Red-hot Rupp homers into tree
- Updated: August 6, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Cameron Rupp should have won something for homering off a palm tree Saturday night at Petco Park.
A cocktail with an umbrella in it, perhaps?
His three-run home run to center field in the fourth inning helped the Phillies to a 5-4 victory over the Padres. The 3-2 pitch from Padres left-hander Christian Friedrich left Rupp’s bat at 109 mph, and it sailed like a missile until it smashed into the middle of a palm tree just beyond the 396-foot sign.
“The pitch that Rupp hit was a palm ball,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin joked.
“I didn’t miss it,” said Rupp, who went 2-for-4 with four RBIs.
Rupp’s stellar season continues. He has an .831 OPS, which is third among 20 qualified catchers in Major League Baseball. Only Wilson Ramos (.928) and Jonathan Lucroy (.894) have been better at the plate.
“I can’t tell you how much more fun baseball is when you hit homers and drive runs in and win games,” Rupp said. …
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