Giancarlo Stanton obliterated a baseball on Saturday night at Petco Park, electrifying the World Baseball Classic.
Giancarlo Stanton’s World Baseball Classic home run went very, very far
The ball might not have landed yet.
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
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:
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.
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