SAN DIEGO -- Brett Wallace's blast was more of a bomb, but one gets the idea.
"He's our offensive bullet,'' Padres interim manager Pat Murphy said.
Wallace's moon shot in Friday's 9-3 win over the Cardinals did land. But first, the pinch-hit homer went 431 feet -- as measured by Statcast™ -- and landed in the right-field seats.
Before Wallace went orbit, Alexia Amarista doubled. So Wallace was attempting to advance Amarista rather than rattle the rafters.
"I was just trying to work the right side of the field and get him over,'' Wallace said on Saturday.