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- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. mashed three dingers on Wednesday night.
- The Blue Jays slugger’s performance is even more impressive when you look at how he did it.
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Vlad Guerrero Jr. had one of the best singe nights at the plate of all-time on Wednesday. As the Blue Jays squared off against the Yankees, the Toronto third baseman hit three home runs and they are even more impressive given the circumstance.
To begin the evening, Guerrero Jr. took Gerritt Cole waaaayyyyy deep to center field in the first inning.
The review was just to get another look at this swing 💥 #PLAKATA pic.twitter.com/2rYlGVb5rq
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 13, 2022
Not long thereafter, Guerrero Jr. had his hand stepped on and bloodied in the field.
— Follow @BarnHasSpoken2 (@Baseball8754021) April 13, 2022
His finger was messed up, but he stayed in the game.
did all that after his finger looked like this pic.twitter.com/LFWzRHh5Az
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 14, 2022
Not only did Guerrero continue to stay in the lineup, but he did some serious damage. In his next at-bat in the third inning, the 23-year-old went yard off of Cole once again.
1st inning – #PLAKATA 💥
2nd inning – Stepped on
3rd inning – #PLAKATA 💥The definition of DIFFERENT! pic.twitter.com/fcpUXfT4yZ
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 13, 2022
The towering two-run home run went 427 feet with a launch angle of 21 degrees and an exit velocity of 109.1 miles per hour. It was gone in a hurry.
1st inning – #PLAKATA 💥
2nd inning – Stepped on
3rd inning – #PLAKATA 💥The definition of DIFFERENT! pic.twitter.com/fcpUXfT4yZ
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 13, 2022
If that wasn’t impressive enough, the contact that Guerrero Jr. made on the ball was not particularly confident and the aerial view of the home run puts it in even better perspective. The pitch was inside and he had to contort his body to even get his bat on the ball, let alone send it 427 feet.
lol Vladdy hit this 427 feet pic.twitter.com/GZef4HU0y1
— Andrew Mearns (@MearnsPSA) April 14, 2022
To continue his evening, Guerrero Jr. added a double off of Cole that left the Yankees pitcher only able to tip his cap at the performance.
Vladdy is SO good, you can't help but tip your cap 💥 pic.twitter.com/3O2L4cLoMX
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 14, 2022
And he wasn’t done there.
Guerrero Jr. hit another home run in the eighth inning — his third of the game.
🎶 And Vladdy got the hatty 💥 #PLAKATA pic.twitter.com/0telD4C6Be
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) April 14, 2022
It was an insane performance and it was something that Vlad Sr. had never done.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has three home runs tonight. His dad had 449 career home runs in 2,147 games, but he never hit three in a game pic.twitter.com/P35Wy09ceq
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 14, 2022
What a night for the young superstar in Toronto.