No, it was not a replay, Matt Chapman hit two home games Thursday night in the A – 5s victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks to split the series.
They were Chapman’s only two hits of the night, but he let them count.
Chapman’s first homer of the night got to the bottom of the first and went 434 feet to left field.
The second was just as impressive, a 428-foot below the left field line with a take-off speed measuring 110.9 mph – the hardest hit ball of the night.
“I surprised myself a little bit,” Chapman said after the game. “I do not know if I have hit such a ball since the small competitions, but it felt good to still be able to drive balls today that feel like I did not try so hard to do it, it was just kind of happened. ”
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This was also the second two-homer game of the season for Chapman, with the first coming on August 10 against the Angels in Los Angeles.
Going into the game, Chapman said his main focus was to make sure his timing was on point on the plate.
“It’s funny how when you try and focus on making that little adjustment good things happen,” Chapman explained. “I do not know if it’s a coincidence or not, but I felt much more comfortable, I felt like I could get the ball a little more in front and do some work with my hands and catch the ball forward in place. of too late. ‘
The adjustment worked, and A’s manager Bob Melvin noticed it, but not only Chapman’s two-homers.
[RELATED: Watch teddy bear get smacked with foul ball]‘I do not know I ever have – and I say this now all the time, and I do not know if it’s the ball, if the player is stronger, I do not know if that’s bats – I don’ t White, but two balls around to go to the top deck of the left field does not happen, ‘said Melvin.
It does not happen often, but that made it Thursday night for sure.
