Cruz flexed his muscles the night before as well when he unloaded a 454-foot homer over the batter's eye in straightaway center field. That stood as his second-longest measured home run of the season -- having hit a 459-footer against the Orioles on July 2 at Safeco Field.
But he topped all of those with Saturday's shot when he unloaded on a 92-mph fastball on a 3-2 count. Statcast™ listed the exit velocity at 114 mph.
Cruz now has 39 home runs and 98 RBIs on the season and is on the verge of joining Ken Griffey Jr.