Giancarlo Stanton hits his 400th home run
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NEW YORK – Giancarlo Stanton leapt down the steps of the dugout, holding his batting helmet aloft to a standing ovation from the Yankee Stadium crowd. It was a tough season for the Yankees, but this was immediately one of his highlights.
Stanton smashed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to hit his 400th home run in Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Tigers, becoming the fourth-fastest player in major league history to reach the plateau. His 451-footer cleared left field and helped the Yankees to their fourth straight win.
“It’s an amazing achievement,” said Stanton. “I didn’t have a number in mind when I first started this game, but it’s great to be here now. I let it go.”
Stanton’s lead off right fielder Jose Cisnero came off the bat at 116.8 mph and needed just 4.6 seconds to land the outstretched glove of a fan positioned atop Detroit relievers. He was Stanton’s third-hit homer this year, according to Statcast, though few have hit them as well as he does.
“It’s as unique as I’ve ever seen it, honestly,” said manager Aaron Boone. “He can get those bats where his bat breaks in half, the keg ends up on the net behind the plate, and the next time[he can]hit it at 118 miles an hour). I played against Gary Sheffield, who used to shoot you some rockets and hit the ball really hard.” Consistently on the line But G is unique in itself.
DJ LeMahieu also went deep in Tuesday’s win, and Gleiber Torres hit a two-run double as the Yankees stormed back to the . 500 mark with a score of 69-69. Although a nine-game slide seemed to have buried the club’s postseason hopes, New York found themselves 7-and-a-half games short of third place in the MLS Wild Card with 24 games to play. Granted, these are long-range odds, but the Yankees will go head-to-head with the Blue Jays and Red Sox this month.
“We got to this little point of good play without thinking about (the arrangement),” said Gerrit Cole, who threw six runs off the ball for his 13th win. “So I think we need to stay right in what we’ve been doing and keep trying to get better.”
With that in mind, the Yankees focused on Stanton’s feat, celebrating wildly in the dugout as he circled the bases.
The 33-year-old hit his 400th homer in his 1,520th game. Only Mark McGuire (1,412), Babe Ruth (1,475), and Alex Rodriguez (1,489) have reached this milestone in fewer home runs.
“It was great to see all my teammates excited and having fun,” said Stanton. “The curtain call was the cherry on top.”
Fifty-eight players in major league history have struck out 400, including 10 who accomplished the feat in a Yankees uniform. Stanton joined Carlos Beltrán, Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Rodriguez, Roth, Sheffield, Alfonso Soriano and Marc Teixeira in that select group.
It was Stanton’s 22nd campaign of the year, coming in a campaign in which he struggled to keep his batting average above . 200 while occasionally being booed (in the fourth inning on Tuesday).
“(Hitting 400) is definitely a small wake-up call,” said Stanton. “It doesn’t change much in terms of how the year goes, but we’ve got about a month left. That’s all I can focus on or really care about. There’s still a big hill ahead, but we’ve got work to do.
When Stanton’s car drove into left field on Tuesday, Cole said he yelled from the dugout, “Get up!” He later laughed at himself. The ball behind it had more than enough firepower to clear the wall.
It reminded Cole of a story that happened earlier in their career – on July 28, 2013, when Cole was a rookie with the Pirates. While batting practice in Miami, Cole and Stanton were talking about their shared roots in Southern California when Stanton made an outlandish request: “Can you give me a fastball in the middle tomorrow? I’m going the other way. I need to find my replacement.”
Cole nodded. He was not one to back down from a challenge. The sixth inning came, and Cole had already faced Stanton twice. The right-hander threw that fastball and watched it crash – not one damaging hit right field as promised, but Stantony’s blast deep left cost Cole the game. Yes, it was a true story, Stanton confirmed with a smile. Cole will never let him forget that.
“What a blessing it was for me to play against such an incredible talent, and now to be on the same side,” said Cole. “He’s a true professional in how he does his job and what he brings to the garden every day. He totally redeemed himself tonight, and he got me the win.
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