"He threw me a few fastballs up in the strike zone and I was late on them, then he threw me another one up and in for a ball," Beltran said. "In my mind, I was thinking, 'I'm late, so he might try to throw me another one.' I choked up a little bit and got a better pitch to hit, right down the middle, and I put a good barrel on it."
Connecting with a 97-mph heater on a 1-2 count, Beltran said he knew immediately that the ball was going to clear the fence for his 11th home run of the season.