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Thor-ocious! Syndergaard wows with towering HR
- Updated: August 17, 2016
PHOENIX — Noah Syndergaard knew it was gone once the ball hit the bat.
He had to have known.
Home runs, especially the no-doubters and especially at Chase Field during the summer, are easy to recognize. The thwacking noise that echoed throughout the downtown stadium was the first clue on Tuesday night. The thump of the ball bouncing off the back wall in the bullpen in left field was the second.
Yasmany Tomas’ home run in the fourth inning came on a mistake pitch, and it gave the D-backs an early 1-0 lead. It left Syndergaard yelling at himself after the third out on the way to the dugout. But it was far from the most memorable home run in the Mets’ 7-5 victory.
• Thor reclaims #PitchersWhoRake throne with 415-foot HR
With the game tied at 1 and Alejandro De Aza on second base in the fifth, Syndergaard crushed a 3-2 fastball from D-backs starter Braden Shipley and deposited it 415 feet from home plate into the bleachers in right field. The two-run home run came off the bat at 108.2 mph — the third-hardest-hit homer by a pitcher in the Statcast™ Era — and it pushed the Mets ahead, 3-1.
“I don’t go up there and try to hit home runs,” Syndergaard said. “I try to do my job at the plate and just happen to run into one. …
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