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Blue Jays opponent hits homer into Rogers Centre upper deck

Adam Laskaris
Adam Laskaris
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Jul 25 2024, 9:15 pm
Blue Jays opponent hits homer into Rogers Centre upper deck
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Next time the Toronto Blue Jays face off against Brandon Lowe at the Rogers Centre, they might want to avoid pitching his way.

In the first inning of an afternoon game in Toronto, Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt fired in an 84-mile-per-hour pitch just inside the strike zone to Lowe.

With a 3-2 count and two outs, Bassitt was one pitch away from getting out of the inning unscathed.

But Lowe had other plans.

He connected with every part of the baseball, skyrocketing it 414 feet into the upper right field deck at the Rogers Centre, marking it as one of the highest balls ever hit in the building’s 35-year history.

As per the Associated Press’ Ian Harrison, Lowe is one of 18 players to reach the upper deck at the Rogers Centre with a home run, and one of just four players to accomplish the feat twice (or more), along with Jose Canseco, Josh Phelps, and Edwin Encarnacion.

Interestingly enough, Lowe was actually the last player to reach the upper deck at the Jays’ stadium, doing so a little over five years ago back in April of 2019.

And perhaps even MORE interestingly, Lowe hit one in the exact same game as his teammate Austin Meadows, who hit one off what had to be one of the most demoralizing outings of Trent Thornton’s career with the Blue Jays.

Lowe’s homer today also broke another statistical tie, as 11 of the 23 home runs hitting the upper deck have been hit by Blue Jays players, in comparison to 12 for their opponents.

The Tampa Bay Rays carried a 7-0 lead over the Jays at press time.

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