Christian Yelich drove the fourth pitch of the game from Rockies starter Chad Kuhl a Statcast-projected 499 feet to the third deck at Coors Field. He completely blasted off the pitch with an exit velocity of 109.9 mph. The shot came in with quite a few unlucky dilemmas as well.
Although Christian Yelich gave Milwaukee a great start, but Randal Grichuk connected twice for the Colorado Rockies, including a three-run drive in the 10th inning to beat the Brewers 10-7 Tuesday night.
“It felt pretty good, but obviously a tough night afterwards for us,” Christian Yelich said of his epic long ball, as the Crew dropped to three games back in the National League Wild Card race. “It’s one of those ones where everything kind of lines up for you, catching a really good spot.
“Oddly enough, it was my first home run [at Coors Field] in nine or 10 times playing here [100 previous at-bats], so I guess if you’re gonna wait that long, make it count.”
Christian Yelich hits the longest home run of the 2022 MLB season
Christian Yelich joked that Statcast should have just made the distance a nice, round 500 feet. “At least give me the extra foot,” he said while smiling when asked if he was short-changed by the 499-foot tabulation. But it will be cooler tomorrow after the loss wears off.”
Only home runs from Nomar Mazara, 505 feet in 2019, and Giancarlo Stanton, 504 in 2016, bettered Yelich’s effort. Yelich’s dinger came from the fourth pitch of the game from Rockies starter Chad Kuhl. Colorado did most of their damage after Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff exited, having allowed one earned run, two hits and two walks across seven innings with five strikeouts.
Tuesday’s blast was Christian Yelich’s fourth career leadoff homer, and his second of the season. He far eclipsing his previous mark of 462 feet. “At least give me the extra foot,” Christian Yelich joked about just missing the 500-foot club. “It’ll be cooler tomorrow after the tough loss wears off, but yeah, we need the extra 12 inches.”
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