Marlins’ Stanton Hits No. 44, Homers In 6th Straight Game

But the Giants (48-73) rallied with a run in the fifth and three more off reliever Junichi Tazawa in the seventh. Umpires awarded Moncrief the plate as the bal rattled out of play, and Hunter Pence followed with a double that scored Span. You’ll just have to keep watching. “We were the more aggressive team tonight”. Gordon had three hits, scored two runs and drove one run in, in support of Adam Conley who moved his record to 5-5. The Marlins earned their fourth consecutive win. Javy Guerra (1-0) earned his first victory since 2014 with two scoreless innings, and Odrisamer Despaigne pitched a flawless ninth for his first big league save.

Clearly, Stanton recognizes that his fellow Home Run Thing is also awesome and spectacular, and he’s either making a case for keeping it or ushering it out by making sure it operates as frequently as possible over its final couple of months.

But in their second encounter, Stanton squared up on an 87.4 mph cutter from Bumgarner and sent it an estimated 432 feet (per Statcast) to left center field.

But when it comes to power, Stanton knows no equal.

The record home run came in the first inning off Ty Blach of the San Francisco Giants.

Since the All-Star break, Stanton is slashing.302/.413/.849 with an incredible 17 home runs and 29 RBI. “Is he going to do it?'” Stanton said.

Stanton’s exceptional streak includes 22 homers in his last 34 outings, as well as 10 in his last 11.

“I’m not pulling off the ball, and I’ve been more on time and ready to go on off-speed pitches, heaters, everything”, he said. “It’s one of those matchups you want to see as a baseball fan”.

“If I have good at-bats, it’s a good day for me”, he said.

Playing under a spotlight fuelled by trade rumours and ownership drama, Giancarlo Stanton is showing us why the Miami Marlins gave him a 13-year contract in the first place.

Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports that Stanton cleared revocable waivers on Sunday, which was expected since the 27-year-old slugger is still owed a whopping $295 million over 10 years.