ARIZONA-- Padres OF Franchy Cordero made a little bit of history on Friday night at Chase Field.
With two outs in the fourth inning, Cordero crushed a home run off the scoreboard to give his team a 1-0 lead. It was hit so hard that, initially, Statcast was unable to determine the distance of the home run.
A half inning later, the results were in.
116.3 MPH exit velocity, 489 feet long.
The home run was the longest by any player in the Major Leagues this season. It also was the longest home run hit by a Padre since Statcast was introduced in 2015:
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To top it all off, the 23-year-old's mammoth blast was the longest home run ever hit by a visiting player in Chase Field history.
The Padres currently lead 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth.
