Houston – Spencer Torkelson hit a 99-mph fastball off right-hander Ryne Stanek 424 feet in the eighth inning of the Tigers' 6-3 win over the Astros Tuesday night. The ball landed just below the train tracks that run from the left-field foul pole to center field.
He had just one question afterward.
"Was it farther than Greeney's?" he said.
It was. It was, in fact, 10 feet farther than the opposite-field homer that Riley Greene hit on Monday night.
"Did his go on top of the train tracks," Greene asked. "No? Well mine landed on top (of the signage).