SAN FRANCISCO – Oracle Park is known as a pitcher-friendly ballpark with its spacious outfield, but it sure didn’t look that way for Cincinnati Reds lefty Mike Minor on Saturday.
Evan Longoria drilled a 414-foot homer that flew halfway up the bleachers in left field in the second inning. It was such a no-doubter that Reds left fielder Tommy Pham didn’t move from where he was standing on the outfield grass.
Two batters later, Thairo Estrada hit a slightly shorter 375-foot homer into the left-field seats. The Reds’ brief one-run lead in the top of the second inning quickly disappeared and turned into a blowout 9-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants.