PITTSBURGH — No rookie has any business hitting that pitch that way that hard.
But the Mariners’ Kyle Lewis says he’s always had natural opposite-field power, and he showed it off once again Wednesday night.
With an inside-out swing, Lewis hit a 91-mph inside sinker 383 feet over PNC Park’s out-of-town scoreboard in right field, his fifth home run in his eighth major-league game.
The ball rocketed off Lewis’ bat at 102.1 mph, and all 10 of his major-league hits have registered off his barrel at at least 100 mph.
Lewis had 11 home runs in 122 games for Class AA Arkansas this season.