Giancarlo Stanton obliterated a baseball on Saturday night at Petco Park, electrifying the World Baseball Classic.
What a ball game we have in San Diego!
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) March 19, 2017
Watch vs. now on MLB Network. #WBC2017 pic.twitter.com/taWK2Qpe0q
Stanton’s two-run shot off the Western Metal Supply building in left field gave Team USA a 4-2 lead against the Dominican Republic, in the same stadium where Stanton won the Home Run Derby last July. The Miami Marlins slugger was just 1-for-10 with a double and three walks in the tournament before Saturday night.
The ball was launched like a rocket, and it had a speed roughly equivalent to spacecraft:
Per Statcast: 117.3 mph.
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) March 19, 2017
This United States beat the Dominican Republic 6-3 on Saturday, advancing out of Pool F to play in the WBC semifinals in Los Angeles.