Fernando Tatis Jr. can absolutely crush a baseball. But out of Dodger Stadium, who saw that coming? Tatis walked up to the plate, it’s the top of the fifth, there’s a runner on second base. Tatis Jr looking to get his team within one. With only one ball on in the count, the 22-year-old absolutely nailed a baseball as good as you’re ever going to hit.
It went way downtown.
Watch below:
I’d like to report a murder… of a baseball. My God pic.twitter.com/80hu8PE3gw
— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) October 1, 2021
With the dinger, Tatis became just the fifth player in Dodger history to launched one out of the stadium.
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The Padres star joined some elite company.
Fernando Tatis Jr. joins Giancarlo Stanton, Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza and Willie Stargell as the only players to ever hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. pic.twitter.com/jV23vxhStT
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) October 1, 2021
The San Diego Padres dropped their sixth in a row, but at least Tatis gave his fans something to get excited about.
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