Cruz's Record-Breaking Homer

0:00It's April 23rd, this is MLB News Today. Your AI-powered source for everything. O'Neill Cruz just dropped a bomb that redefined power-hitting for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In their 8-4 comeback, win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night at Globe Life Field, Cruz smashed a 3-run homer in the 9th inning to seal the deal. That ball screamed off his bat at 116.9 miles per hour. The hardest hit homer in baseball this season and traveled 4. 132 feet before banging off the top of the right-field foul pole and landing in the upper deck. What makes this even wilder is the physics at play think bank shot on a basketball court, but with a baseball. Cruz's bat speed clocked in at 87 miles per hour. The fastest for any of his tracked homers since last year and the third fastest for any. Homer, Leaguewide, this season. Since that cast started in 2015, Cruz owns the crown for hardest hit balls overall and

1:04this one cranked that legacy up another notch. The Pirates dug out lost their minds watching it unfold and teammate Marcel O'Zuna was right there, hyping it up. He'd pulled off a similar foul pole. Trick back in 2015 with the Marlins, Cruz even called his shot to O'Zuna all-game, saying he was going to launch one right there in that spot. Over on the Rangers broadcast, the announcers were straight stunned. With the play by play guy yelling, he'd never seen anything like it. Digging deeper, this was Cruz's seventh homer of the year, boosting his lash line to .286 over .352 over .5. 51. That breakout bat is fueling the Pirates' hot start at 14 wins and 10 losses, keeping them right in the National League Central Playoff Hunt. This like Cruz's remind us why baseball stays electric pure talent, turning pressure into poetry on the diamond.