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- Updated: August 7, 2016
DENVER — The Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton hit the longest home run ever projected by Statcast™ at 504 feet, but Charlie Blackmon negated that with 810 feet of production on a season-high-tying four hits to lead the Rockies to a 12-6 victory on Saturday night at Coors Field.
Stanton’s 23rd homer this season — a tape-measure shot in the old days but one calculated by sensors in this era — off winning pitcher Chad Bettis gave the Marlins a 3-2 lead in the fifth. But in the Rockies’ seven-run sixth, Blackmon, who had homered to lead off the first inning (a 360-foot trot), tripled (a 270-foot sprint) in a run and singled (90 feet) in two more runs. Blackmon added another 90 feet on a single in the seventh and finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle.
When all the mathematics were done, the Rockies (55-55) finished the night …
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