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D-backs’ Tomas finding power stroke at home
- Updated: August 6, 2016
PHOENIX — Yasmany Tomas has adjusted to a new country, new surroundings and a new league. Now that the D-backs outfielder is more comfortable and continuing to put in the mechanical work to finetune his swing, he is reaping the benefits.
Tomas clubbed a pair of solo homers in Arizona’s 3-2, 11-inning win over the Brewers on Friday night at Chase Field. He drove in the D-backs’ only two runs prior to Welington Castillo’s bases-loaded walk that won it in the 11th.
“It’s just probably some experience, it’s a tough spot coming over from [Cuba] last year and coming pretty much straight to the big leagues and facing all these pitchers,” D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt said. “He’s definitely been learning and getting better every day.”
It was Tomas’ sixth multi-homer game of the season, but his first at home. Prior to this week, that had been the story of Tomas’ season — tremendous success on the road, but less so in the friendly confines of Chase Field, traditionally a hitter’s …
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