By Robiel Vega
After an unforgettable night for the youngest of the Gurriel lived last Friday, September 3, when he became the fourth player in his franchise to shoot 3 Grand Slam or more in the same season, the Cuban could not start his Saturday game better. , opening the scoring in the same second inning with his 16th home run of the season.
Yunito is having a sensational season finale, averaging 359 (64-23) in his last 21 starts, with 4 homers and 17 RBIs in that span, leaving no room for doubts about his starting in a very offensive team and that he’s still fighting for a Wild Card spot.
It was a high sinker at 89.7mph thrown by right-hander Paul Blackburn the victim of the tremendous and compact swing executed by «La Piña Jr», which, at 102.1mph and with a high angle of exit of 35 degrees, sent, by all the left field and 400 feet, the ball beyond the limits of the Rogers Center to inaugurate the scoreboard.
With this hit, the Spaniard reached 16 home runs in 2021 and 58 for life.At this moment, the Spaniard is also 4 homers from his personal best and already, with 61 RBIs, has far surpassed his best record historic that was 50 in 2019.
With his 58 hits Yunito equals the Villa Clara Leonys Martín in the historical 28th place among Cuban home runners and he does it with an impressive home run frequency for a player of his characteristics, 20.45, much higher than that shown by the current Chiba Lotte Marines outfielder. who closed his career in the majors with 43.66.
At this time, the frequency of Lourdes Gurriel Jr It is superior to that of his brother Yulieski, who hits a home run every 28.65 VB. It is also very close to that of men of tremendous power such as Jorge Soler (18.60), José Dariel Abreu (18.88) and Yasmani Grandal (18.89); so, without so much noise, you are leaving really important numbers.
After his first two times at bat in the game, Yunito has a couple of hits (115) and the same number of runs (46) to leave his offensive line at (276/314/447/761) (AVE / OBP / SLG / OPS ).
Without further ado, enjoy this tremendous hit and remember that you can see all the home runs of the Cubans in MLB by following this link.