Giancarlo Stanton batted when the Yankees left New York for an eight-game road trip last week.
He returned to The Bronx on Friday night with Stanton as his hottest hitter – and his bat was red-hot.
Stanton continued to smoke the ball, marking the third straight three-hit game for the first time in his career as Tally defeated the Tigers 10–0 at Yankee Stadium.
“I’m in time for the fastball,” said Stanton, owner of an eight-game hitting streak. “I was swinging through those people in the zone [before], Which then makes everything – you are picking up everything after a while and just in the middle. I am at my best when you can square the heater and adjust the rest. “
In seven matches against the Indians and Orioles on the Yankees road trip, Stanton found his groove, batting 13-of-31 with three home runs. By the end of Friday night, his batting average had risen to .269, as he homered in his new position in the lineup.
“It looks like he’s hitting balls two and three, breaking the stadcast every night, with some of the balls he’s hitting,” manager Aaron Boone said. “So I think he’s in a good place in his season, in his process and in his game plan. I think he has a lot to do right now, what he’s looking for when he’s running there, and what Trying to do. He is capable of executing. It’s good to see where he is right now. “
According to Baseball Sawant, his average exit velocity (98.7 mph), maximum exit velocity (120.1 mph) and hard hit percentage (67.2 percent) on Friday led all MLBs.
Stanton continued to smoke the ball on Friday. His first-innings batting for a right-center field difference came in at under 115.7 mph, his singles in the fourth were 114.5 mph and his singles in the seventh at 107 mph.
Aaron Judge said, “Going to number two is Big G, who is one of the hottest hitters in the game at the moment.” He said, “It seems that every one of his balls is 120. [mph off the bat]”
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