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Why Triston Casas wasn’t thrilled with his 442-foot homer in Atlanta
Crimson Sox
“I used to be simply making an attempt to hit a floor ball to second base, so it went about 441 ft additional than I wished to.”
Triston Casas gave the Crimson Sox some much-needed respiration room on Wednesday evening in Atlanta.
With Boston holding onto a slim 3-2 lead in opposition to the Braves within the prime of the ninth, Casas swatted a fastball from Raisel Iglesias into a budget seats at Truist Park for a two-run shot.
Casas’ fifth dwelling run of the season was a no-doubter, touring 442 ft.
However given the circumstances at play within the Sox bullpen, Casas wasn’t precisely trying to put Wednesday’s recreation utterly out of attain.
“I used to be simply making an attempt to hit a floor ball to second base, so it went about 441 ft additional than I wished to,” Casas stated to WEEI.com’s Rob Bradford.
As MLB.com’s Ian Browne added, Casas’ feedback had been because of the Crimson Sox not wanting to construct too nice of a lead for nearer Kenley Jansen, who was sitting at 399 profession saves.
Casas’ huge fly prolonged Boston’s result in three runs, preserving a save alternative intact for Jansen. The 35-year-old reliever set down the Braves in a scoreless ninth inning to safe his four-hundredth save.
Jansen is now simply the seventh participant in MLB historical past to report a minimum of 400 saves.
“It’s a pleasure, it’s an honor, to do it with this group,” Jansen stated postgame. “This franchise is nothing however success and we’re going to proceed to do this. That’s why I’m right here and that’s why we’re all right here.”
Casas’ joke apart, the Sox first baseman is beginning to warmth up on the plate after a really gradual begin to the 2023 season.
Despite the fact that the 23-year-old slugger continues to be slashing .167/.311/.665, Casas is batting .286 with two dwelling runs, six RBI, and 5 walks over his final 27 plate appearances.
