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Mancini translated his straightaway center power to homers across the first portion but came out sluggish out of his timeout. Still, he hit his 12th homer to tie Story with 30 seconds remaining and then knocked the go-ahead blast with 23 seconds left, carrying his remarkable comeback story into the finals. While he’s only 22 years old, Soto had to be exhausted after needing two swing-offs to defeat Ohtani in the first round. It started to show, especially after the first minute, when Soto popped six dingers. At one point, Soto hit just one homer in the span of 13 swings, and while he recovered a bit, he finished regulation with only eight.
He had 10 before taking his timeout, putting himself in a great position to advance. He walked it off with his 18th blast just seconds before the end of regulation. Knowing he didn’t need to put up a massive total, Mancini looked comfortable as he swung his way to seven homers across his first minute and 21 seconds before calling time.
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While the horn ultimately took him off the field, it was the perfect punctuation to the Nationals superstar, particularly after a tumultuous week for him that leaves his future with his current team clouded. It was the youngest Home Run Derby final in MLB history, as Ken Griffey Jr. watched another young Mariner make the country realize how special he is. Ultimately, however, it was the known quantity in Soto who walked away with the win.
Going first in his matchup with Alonso, Mancini surely knew he needed a big number in the two-minute round to stand a chance. An extended timeout and a hilarious hit-by-pitch from Alonso’s BP pitcher, Mets bench coach Dave Jauss, hardly broke Alonso’s concentration. The 2022 T-Mobile Home Run Derby offered no shortage of scintillating storylines and fantastic feats.
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Since Mancini didn't play in 2020, their 2019 totals were used as a tiebreaker. On Monday, Major League Baseball will continue the 2021 All-Star Game festivities in Denver with the Home Run Derby at Coors Field. This year marks the first All-Star Game and related festivities since 2019.
LOS ANGELES -- It was a homecoming of sorts for Rangers shortstop Corey Seager, as the former Dodgers slugger was received warmly by the crowd at Dodger Stadium on Monday night for the T-Mobile Home Run Derby.... Participants are seeded based on the number of home runs they've hit this season at the time the bracket was created on Wednesday. Ties are broken by 2020 home run totals, except in the case of Mancini and Alonso.
Monday, July 18
Coors Field is already a hitter's environment, and the baseballs used in the Derby this year will not be placed in a humidor beforehand. The T-Mobile Home Run Derby returned with a hard-hitting, high-flying, mile-high event. Tickets are listed by third-party sellers and may be above face value.
Looking to become only the fourth player in Derby history to win the event multiple times, the 2019 champion came out firing and set a Derby record for a first round with 35 dingers. He crushed 13 of those before a timeout at about the halfway mark -- at one point homering on nine straight swings. The damage included bombs of 514 and 512 feet that sent fans on the left-field concourse ducking for cover. Alonso went deep 25 times in regulation but wasn’t even close to being done, adding 10 more in one minute of bonus time. The Mets slugger walloped nine bombs of 475 feet or longer and didn’t even seem tired at the end.
Pete Alonso vs. Ronald Acuña Jr.
LOS ANGELES -- Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber entered the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday night as the top seed and one of its favorites. He fell victim to an upset for the ages -- but there's certainly no shame in falling to one of the sport's all-time legends. LOS ANGELES -- There was no three-Pete in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Pete Alonso’s bid to become the first slugger to win three straight Derby titles came up short Monday night at Dodger Stadium, as the Mets' first baseman was ousted in the semifinals by Julio Rodríguez, the Mariners’... Any round ending in a tie will be decided by a 60-second "swing off" with no time outs or bonus time. ET on both ESPN and ESPN2 with "Baseball Tonight" and "Baseball Tonight, Statcast Edition," respectively.
He followed that a few swings later with a massive 480-foot homer, earning an extra minute in a span of four homers. Alonso still had some work to do, as he hit only 10 home runs before his break. He came back a little sluggish, hitting three homers before rattling off four straight to bring his total to 17 ahead of bonus time.
Since Ohtani was the only participant to earn two votes from us, we'll go with him. After all, he's the MLB home run leader, and he also hits the ball harder than almost anyone. In addition to the presence of Ohtani, who may be the AL MVP frontrunner thanks to his excellence at the plate and on the mound this season, there's also the inspiring Mancini, who's a survivor of stage 3 colon cancer. And if you saw Gallo drop jaws with his batting practice session prior to the 2014 Futures Game, then you can imagine what he's capable of in this kind of format. Participants are seeded for the opening round based on the number of home runs they hit this season as of July 13.
Once again, Mancini looked comfortable, drilling eight homers in the first minute, including a 490-foot drive that secured one minute of bonus time. He would go on to add shots of 485, 488, 481 and 475 while reaching 16 in regulation. Mancini started hot in bonus time and while he hit a rut in the final 40 seconds or so, one final blast at the buzzer got him to 22. Soto started hot, hitting five homers in his first seven swings, including two of 440 feet or longer.
LOS ANGELES -- Hours before the 2022 T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday at Dodger Stadium, Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was asked who he planned to root for during the marquee event. Naturally, he picked his countryman, Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. “I have to stick with Acuña, although he... The CBS Sports stable of MLB writers recently conducted a roundtable on this very topic, and five writers made four different predictions -- Story, Ohtani, Mancini, and OIson.
Alonso took care of the remaining dingers in short order, homering on all six of his bonus-time swings to put his second straight Home Run Derby title on ice. With everyone waiting to watch Shohei Ohtani swing the bat, Soto had the unenviable task of going first in that marquee matchup. With Nationals hitting coach Kevin Long throwing left-handed to the lefty-hitting Soto, he vaporized a pitch that flew 520 feet and broke the all-time Statcast distance record that Story set earlier in the round. Soto sent most of his drives to center field or even the opposite way, mashing 18 homers in regulation, but he couldn’t quite get in a groove in the one-minute bonus period, adding just four . All eyes were on the hometown favorite, as Story stepped in to swing for the fences in the familiar surroundings of Coors Field.
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