Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis snatched a baseball out of the air as he watched a different one slice through the rain-thick sky at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday evening.
Angels center fielder Mike Trout had barely begun his trot around the bases, but there was no doubt about the ball he hammered to left field. In a span of 5.5 seconds, it had vanquished the wind, cleared the fence and dumped into the porch above the visitors' bullpen.
The 429-foot blast was the 207th of his career, the sixth of his age-26 season.
And it was the final of three home runs relinquished by Junis on a miserably cold night in which he wobbled on the mound for the first time all month.