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The first homer on its own would have made for a remarkable night, powering an inside pitch out of the park with so much force Story couldn't stay on his feet. Get breaking news and analysis delivered to your inbox during baseball season. Story, who signed a six-year deal with the Red Sox in the offseason, struggled at the plate through April and did not hit a home run for the entire month. He even heard boos from the Fenway Faithful after striking out four times against the Los Angeles Angels earlier this month. The Boston second baseman had yet to hit a homer at Fenway Park going into the opening game against Houston, but that changed after a one-hour and 38-minute rain delay when he launched the ball up and over the Green Monster.
CHICAGO — Trevor Story kept up his hot hitting with a three-run homer and four RBIs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the White Sox 16-7 Thursday night to take two of three from Chicago. Todd Helton was the only other Rockies player to homer in his first two career games, in 1997. Story is the first player since 1900 to open his career with home runs in his first three games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
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His 518-foot home run was the longest ever to be hit in the competition. In other words, Story knows that the home runs will come, quite possibly in bunches. And it’s not just anecdotal evidence that forecasts a rain of dingers. Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates with Jon Gray after hitting a grand slam home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth... Trevor Story of the Boston Red Sox celebrates in the dugout with teammates after his three-run home run in the second inning against the Chicago... Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox is congratulated by Trevor Story after he hit a home run against the Oakland Athletics in the fourth inning at...
Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies tosses his bat after hitting a seventh inning three-run homerun against the St. Louis Cardinals during a game at... Trevor Story finally got the Fenway Park monkey off his back when he hit a game-tying home run for the Red Sox in the bottom of the seventh inning of the eventual 6-3 win against the Astros on Monday night. The overall record for most home runs to start a season is four, a mark shared by four players. Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies looks to the dugout and tosses his bat after hitting a seventh inning three-run homerun against the St. Louis... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies hits a seventh inning three-run homerun against the St. Louis Cardinals during a game at Coors Field on July 3,...
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Despite Story's three game-changing dingers, it was a tight game to the final out. Was one of my guys growing up, and that was definitely his thing. Depending on what factors a voter weighs heaviest, there's a case to be made that Story has been a top-five player in the NL. Baseball Gauge tracks a metric called cWPA -- or championship win probability added -- and Story ranks 16th in that, just behind the likes of Matt Carpenter, Freddie Freeman, Lorenzo Cainand Javier Baez, each a serious candidate.
Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies hits a walk off home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth inning at Coors Field on May 23, 2021 in... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies hits a grand slam home run against the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth inning at Coors Field on April 25,... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates his solo home run off of Brandon Maurer of the San Diego Padres to take a 5-3 lead in the eighth...
Home run No. 100 fuels 7th-inning rally; No. 101 delivers walk-off win
But as Story will tell you, he’s a better hitter now than he was as a rookie five years ago, even though he’s batting just .273 with a .689 OPS and seven RBIs. Trevor Story of the Boston Red Sox rounds third base after hitting a two-run homer in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning at Coors...
After giving Gallo a big hug at home plate, the Rockies shortstop turned to an appreciative audience and tipped his cap. Baseball is a business, which Story conducts with a relentless professionalism he brings to the ballpark, day-in and day-out during a year that was lost for the Rockies from the moment Nolan Arenado was traded to St. Louis in February. It was a good day to be a Story, as his mother is fond of saying.
In Colorado’s 6-5 loss to the Dodgers on April 3, he hit a ball to left-center that, according to StatCast, would have traveled 423 feet, had it not hit the wall. Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against the Texas Rangers in the top of the eighth inning at Globe... Trevor Story of the Boston Red Sox tosses his bat after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at... Trevor Story of the Boston Red Sox reacts with Xander Bogaerts after hitting a three run home run during the fourth inning of a game against the... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies reacts after his three run homerun to take a 6-1 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixth inning at...
Story's blasts marked the third-longest combined home run distances in a single game, but the first two took four home runs to rack up the miles. His total is the longest for a three-homer performance, surpassing Alex Rodriguez's mark of 1,324 feet set on July 25, 2015. The 505-foot blast surpassed Giancarlo Stanton for the longest recorded homer by Statcast™. Stanton's homer was estimated at 504 feet, and was also hit at Coors Field on Aug. 6, 2016.
Story burst onto the scene in 2016 with a National League rookie shortstop record 27, despite missing the final two months with a torn left thumb ligament. Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates after hitting a solo home run against the Texas Rangers in the top of the sixth inning at Globe Life... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies hits a solo home run off of Brandon Maurer of the San Diego Padres to take a 5-3 lead in the eighth inning on... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies reacts with bench coach Mike Redmond after hitting a solo home run during the top of the eighth inning of the... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the sixth inning against the...
"That's how you know he's hitting everything hard," Carlos Gonzalez said. "I was like, 'OK, my guy's feeling good today, so don't throw him strikes.' And he kept throwing him strikes. He took over and carried us tonight. It's always nice to see your teammate do something special." Dallas Keuchel (2-5) gave up six runs for his second straight start, lasting just two innings and allowing seven hits — five for extra bases. His shot of 518 feet in the first round was, at the time, the longest measured by Statcast in Derby history -- although the Nationals’ Juan Soto would snap that record later. Balls not being stored in the Coors Field humidor, which was installed in 2002 because too many games became Home Run Derby-like, helped the distances and the tallies. “Trevor hasn’t had a lot of success statistically, but he’s had some good swings,” manager Bud Black said.
So Story left with a fun fact for Blackmon, still his Rockies teammate. Ryan McMahon singled to lead off the ninth and was at second, courtesy of a passed ball, when Story poked a Mychal Givens slider the opposite way over the out-of-town scoreboard in right. In the first round of the 2021 Home Run Derby, Story hit a 518-foot home run. The previous record was held by Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge in the 2017 Derby, when he hit a 513-foot home run. The record was broken again about 20 minutes later, when Nationals outfielder Juan Soto hit a 520-foot home run.
Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a 2 RBI walk off home run in the ninth inning against the... Trevor Story of the Colorado Rockies celebrates after hitting a one run home run against pitcher Ross Stripling of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the... EBay Money Back Guarantee if the return request is made within 3 days from delivery. Will usually ship within 3 business days of receiving cleared payment.
"I knew that was close to 500 feet," Gonzalez said of Story's homer, having seen Stanton's bomb from two years earlier. "As soon as it came off the bat, I was like, 'Oh my God, it's going to hit the scoreboard. It's going to go straight to my Lamborghini in the parking lot.' It was awesome. I couldn't be more proud of him. John Schreiber (2-0) the first of five relievers, got five outs for the win.
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