PITTSBURGH — The Pirates’ Oneil Cruz had the hardest-hit ball since Statcast began monitoring in 2015, a house run off the Brewers’ Logan Henderson on Sunday that left the bat at 122.9 mph and splashed into the Allegheny River.
Cruz’s leadoff drive to proper within the third inning on a 92.2 mph fastball traveled 432 ft and minimize the Pirates’ deficit to 3-1.
Cruz had the earlier hardest-hit ball, a 122.4 mph single on Aug. 24, 2022. Giancarlo Stanton had the prior hardest-hit residence run at 121.8 mph when he performed for the Miami Marlins, a drive off Gio Gonzalez at Washington on Aug. 9, 2017.
Cruz has hit six of the 83 residence runs hit into the river since PNC Park opened in 2001. He leads the Pirates with 11 homers this season, together with three in his previous three video games.
