PHOENIX — When they finally had a chance the next inning to check the video of Nolan Arenado’s home run on a swing even the opposing pitcher called “unbelievable,” some members of the Cardinals dugout marveled at the pitch Arenado reached and kept fair.
Hitting coach Jeff Albert described the reactions as “holy cow” and “pretty neat.”
“And then I was like, ‘Wait until you see the 0-2 pitch,’” Albert recalled Saturday in a conversation with the Post-Dispatch. “I think that pitch was even tougher, and somehow he got a bat on it.”
In the third inning of the Cardinals’ 8-6 victory Friday night against Arizona, Arenado overpowered lefty Madison Bumgarner for a solo home run on the eighth pitch of the at-bat.