Fernando Tatis Jr. Hits 100th Career Home Run in Padres’ Rout of Rockies

The Padres (54-55) routed the Colorado Rockies (42-66) 11-1 at Coors Field in a veritable home run fest. San Diego’s ninth hit five homers, but the most significant homer came from Fernando Tatis Jr. in the top of the ninth.

The Dominican player found a slurve from Daniel Bard and sent it 444 feet to left field. The home run made it 8-1 by driving in Trent Grisham and Ha-Seong Kim.

With this home run, ‘El Niño’ reached 100 home runs in the Major Leagues and only needed 362 games to do so. That number of games was the fourth fewest for reaching 100 home runs; the three players who reached that milestone faster than Tatis Jr. were Ryan Howard (325), Pete Alonso (347) and Gary Sánchez (355).

In the current season, the man from San Pedro de Macoris has 19 home runs in 374 at bats. His averages are .270 / .326 / .492 after connecting with 101 hits and driving in 58 runs. In addition, he has 24 doubles and a triplet.

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Dominican players with the most home runs in MLB

Dominican baseball players have been vital in the history of the Major Leagues and the 58 players with 100 or more home runs prove it. The Dominican-born baseball player with the most home runs is Albert Pujols, with 703. Behind him is Sammy Sosa (609), Manny Ramírez (555), David Ortiz (541) and Adrián Beltré (477).

Of the active players, the one with the most home runs is Nelson Cruz, who played 49 games with the Padres, with 464; followed by Carlos Santana, of the Milwaukee Brewers with 291; and Marcell Ozuna, of the Atlanta Braves, with 218.

2023-08-03 18:48:01
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