{"id":124664,"date":"2025-08-06T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/124664\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T21:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:58:13","slug":"diamondbacks-lourdes-gurriel-jr-sets-record-by-hitting-home-run-off-103-9-mph-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/124664\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. sets record by hitting home run off 103.9-mph pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.<\/a> took his time.<\/p>\n

The Arizona Diamondbacks designated hitter didn’t swing at the first two pitches he saw from San Diego Padres reliever Mason Miller<\/a> \u2014 a fastball that registered at 102 mph for a ball and an 89-mph slider \u2014 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

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The Cuban-American batter then fouled off the next four pitches, three of which were fastballs thrown between 101 and 104 mph. Miller’s seventh pitch of the at-bat was another scorcher, but Gurriel made contact and this time kept the ball in fair territory.<\/p>\n

It traveled 439 feet and landed in the left-field stands for a two-run home run. Miller’s pitch was clocked at 103.9 mph, making it the fastest pitch to be hit for a home run since MLB started pitch tracking in 2008.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s something that just happened,\u201d Gurriel said after the game through an interpreter.<\/p>\n

Miller said of the pitch: \u201cLocation could have been better, for sure. Ultimately, the result is what it is. I\u2019m not going to sit here and regret what pitch I threw. Just got it out over the plate, a little bit high.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gurriel’s blast, which left the park at 107.1 mph, tied the game at 5-5. Unfortunately for the Diamondbacks, they couldn’t keep up the momentum against their National League West rivals and eventually lost 10-5 in 11 innings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe real meaning was in the time of the game and what it meant to the team to tie the ballgame. That was the most important thing,\u201d Gurriel said of his historic homer. \u201cI mean, unfortunately, it didn’t turn into a win, but that was the most exciting thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was Gurriel’s second home run of the game \u2014 he also hit a two-run homer off Padres starter Yu Darvish in the first inning \u2014 and his 14th of the season. Before Tuesday, Gurriel had not hit a home run since July 1.<\/p>\n

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Gurriel is the ninth player known to hit a home run off a ball thrown at 102 mph or faster and only the second player to do so off a pitch thrown faster than 103 mph. In September, Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs went yard off a 103.2-mph pitch.<\/p>\n

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That pitch also happened to be thrown by Miller, who was with the Athletics at the time before being acquired by the Padres at the trade deadline last week. In his second appearance for San Diego, Miller pitched one inning, giving up one hit and a walk with two strikeouts. One of his pitches was clocked at 104.2 mph, the fastest ever tracked for a Padres pitcher.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a weapon,\u201d Miller said of his fastball after Tuesday’s game. \u201cBut you still need to put together an at-bat for the guy, and work with him, as far as his swings and his approach in there.”<\/p>\n

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