The Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. he hit his 44th home run of the season against the Baltimore Orioles and drew in that department’s lead with Japan’s Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels.
Guerrero Jr. Zac Lowther missed the ball from the left field in the second half of Sunday’s game. The ball traveled 412 feet.
In this way, Vlad Jr. he also tied the most quadrangulars that his illustrious father, Vladimir Guerrero, connected in a campaign. The year the Cooperstown Hall of Fame showed more power was in the 2000 season, when it hit 44 flyers for the Montreal Expos.
The Toronto Blue Jays have 19 games left to complete the regular season.
According to the ESPN Stats & Information group, Vlad Jr.’s 44-homer figure. this season is the fourth-highest number for a player 22 or younger in MLB history.
In this same match, the Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. he became the first player in franchise history to connect four Grand Slams in a single season.
Gurriel Jr. connected the batazo in the first entrance before Lowther and found in bases to Marcus Semien, Guerrero Jr and Teoscar Hernandez.
The Cuban is the first player with 7 drives, 5 touchdowns and 3 bases per ball in a game since boost runs became official in 1920. He is also the first Blue Jays player with 7 drives and 5 runs in a game.
With the 16 runs scored by the Blue Jays in the first three innings of Sunday’s game, added to the 11 they scored in the seventh and final chapter of the second game of the double program on Saturday, September 11, they became the first team in MLB history to score 27 runs in a span of 4 innings, surpassing the previous record of 25 runs (done another 3 times).