With 117.3-mph exit velocity, drive is hardest-hit oppo HR in Statcast history
[FONT="]TORONTO -- After leading the Major Leagues with 59 home runs last season, Giancarlo Stanton put on a new uniform and picked up where he left off, homering in his first regular-season at-bat as a member of the Yankees on Thursday, Opening Day at Rogers Centre.
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[FONT="]Stanton's two-run drive came on the second pitch of his first-inning at-bat against Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ, pummeling a 91.7-mph fastball over the wall in right-center field.
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[FONT="]The homer traveled a Statcast-projected 426 feet and came with Brett Gardner aboard after an inning-opening error by left fielder Curtis Granderson.
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[FONT="]The homer had an exit velocity of 117.3 mph, making it the hardest-hit opposite-field homer in Statcast™history and the fastest homer ever tracked at Rogers Centre. The next three on the ballpark's list are all Yankees: Aaron Judge (113.6 mph), Gary Sanchez (113.2 mph) and Judge again (113.1 mph).
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[FONT="]Bryan Hoch has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007.
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Giancarlo Stanton is the first player in the live ball era to have 2 games with 0 hits and 5 strikeouts in the same season.
His second 5-strikeout game in 6 days.
His second 5-strikeout game in 6 days.
