Yelich’s 499-foot HR longest in majors since 2019

DENVER — Christian Yelich led off the sport with a 499-foot homer for Milwaukee, however Randal Grichuk related twice for the Colorado Rockies, together with a three-run drive within the tenth inning to beat the Brewers 10-7 Tuesday night time.

The Brewers started the day two video games behind San Diego for the ultimate NL wild-card spot.

Yelich gave Milwaukee a fantastic begin, launching a drive into the third deck at Coors Discipline. It was the third-longest residence run since Statcast began monitoring homers in 2015 — Texas’ Nomar Mazara hit a 505-foot shot in 2019 and Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton hit a 504-footer at Colorado in 2016.

“That is form of simply a type of ones the place every thing form of strains up for you and also you catch it in a very great place,” Yelich instructed reporters postgame. “Oddly sufficient, my first homer right here in 9 or 10 occasions taking part in. So I assume if you are going to wait that lengthy make it depend.”

Yelich joked that Statcast ought to have simply made the gap a pleasant, spherical 500 ft.

“No less than give me the additional foot,” he stated whereas smiling when requested if he was shortchanged by the 499-foot tabulation.

“However it is going to be cooler tomorrow after the loss wears off.”

Grichuk hit a solo homer that capped a five-run rally within the eighth that made it 6-all. His second residence run of the sport, and fifteenth of the season, got here off Taylor Rogers (3-7).

Nevertheless it was Yelich’s that left him impressed.

“That was a bomb,” Grichuk stated. “I truthfully would not even be shocked if it was additional than 499. That was spectacular.”

Daniel Bard (4-4) pitched two innings for the win.

Willy Adames had three hits for Milwaukee, together with an RBI double within the tenth inning to drive in Yelich for a 7-6 lead.

Yonathan Daza, who had a three-run homer within the eighth, hit an RBI double within the Colorado tenth that tied it. After an intentional stroll and a groundout, Grichuk homered to win it.

The Brewers constructed a 6-1 lead behind seven robust innings from starter Brandon Woodruff however the Rockies tied the sport within the eighth of Luis Perdomo and Peter Strzelecki.

Alan Trejo, who had three hits, had an RBI single within the Rockies eighth that made it 6-2. Daza homered and Grichuk related with two outs to make it 6-all.

Yelich’s twelfth residence run put Milwaukee forward and Hunter Renfroe’s twenty fifth of the yr three batters later made it 3-0. A two-run double by Omar Narvaez within the fourth to offer the Brewers a 5-1 lead and Adames padded the lead with an RBI double within the seventh.

Elehuris Montero hit a solo homer within the third inning for Colorado’s lone run towards Woodruff, who matched his longest outing of the season. He allowed simply two hits and struck out 5.

Data from The Related Press was used on this report.