PHOENIX — Six years ago, at about this time of year, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected A.J. Pollock out of Notre Dame in the first round of the draft, the 17th player chosen overall.
The do-everything center fielder keeps showing how much he was worth it.
Pollock hit a two-out, two-run home run into the Chase Field swimming pool in the seventh inning and the Diamondbacks beat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 in a back-and-forth game Tuesday night.
"I just made a bad pitch and he crushed it," Atlanta reliever Brandon Cunniff said.
The homer was the 51st splashdown in the water beyond the right field fence since the ballpark opened in 1998.