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With his second home run in as many starts, it’s fair to say that Huascar Ynoa has rightfully earned the nickname of “Designated Huascar.”
In addition to allowing just one unearned run over seven innings, the Braves right-hander put the game out of reach with a grand slam in Atlanta’s 6-1 win over Washington on March 4,2021 at Nationals Park.
“Incredible,” said Ronald Acuña Jr. on Ynoa’s performance. “He did a great job, and he did what we expected him to do. I mean, we’ve come to expect that from him on the mound and at the plate.”
In the top of the sixth inning the Braves loaded the bases, after an RBI single by William Contreras gave Atlanta a 2-0 lead. Ynoa crushed a 95 mph fastball 427 feet to straightaway center with an exit velocity of 107.4 mph off the bat. As soon as he felt contact, it was clear Ynoa knew it was gone.
Ynoa is the first pitcher since the Braves moved to Atlanta to homer in back-to-back starts, and the first in franchise history to do it since both Lew Burdette and Warren Spahn accomplished the feat in June 1961, when the team still played in Milwaukee.
“I’m super happy to hear that and I feel super grateful,” Ynoa said. “Like I keep saying over and over again, my mentality up there is just to get a hit, and I’m just feeling really grateful.”
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