SEATTLE -- Mariners slugger Nelson Cruz hammered Angels starter Andrew Heaney for maybe his most impressive homer this season in the first inning, a two-run shot to center field that tied the contest at 2-2.
The home run left Cruz's bat at 114.6 mph, not only Cruz's hardest-hit blast tracked by Statcast™ this season, but by any member of the Mariners. It was also the second-longest shot by Cruz so far in 2018.
The first-inning blast, falling just short of the batter's eye, was Cruz's 14th of the season.