Gordon has languished into one of the game’s least effective players, but there he was taking Tepera deep to make history. As the home run revolution- likely the result of a juiced ball-has seen veterans and rookies alike ascend to heights unexpected.
ALEX GORDON GAME 1 HOME RUN SERIES
69 Gordon became a World Champion when the Royals won the World Series in five games over the Mets, the first World Series won by the Royals since 1985. The Royals would go on to win, 54, in 14 innings. That it was Gordon who struck the record-breaking ball is a terrific piece of irony: Going into Tuesday’s action, of the 149 hitters who qualified for the batting title, not one had a worse slugging percentage on the season than Gordon’s. In Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, Gordon hit a ninth-inning home run off of New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia to tie the game at 4. Most Home Runs in a Season: 2017 Surpasses 2000 as Most Prolific Year for Home Runs And with a dozen days still to go before the regular season comes to a close, there’s a decent chance that the 6,000 mark may be breached-that there will be literally twice as many home runs hit in 2017 as there were 25 years ago. Never before in baseball history has it seemingly been easier to hit a home run. Alex Gordon belted a solo home run to deep center field in the bottom of the ninth to tie up Game 1 of the World Series between the Royals and New York Mets on Tuesday night and the entire area of. Pollock one from Athletics rookie first baseman Matt Olson, his 15th in his last 21 games and the 26th of the season from Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett, who came into the year with a career total of 35 in 456 games.
Included in that barrage were two from the Diamondbacks’ A.J. By the time Tuesday night had come to a close, the league’s home run total sat at 5,707 thanks to 30 home runs from 29 different players across 16 games.
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