DENVER — The Brewers wasted no time getting on the scoreboard on Tuesday night, as Christian Yelich drove the fourth pitch of the game from Rockies starter Chad Kuhl a Statcast-projected 499 feet to the third deck at Coors Field to open the middle game of the three-game set.
It’s the longest dinger of the 2022 season so far. It’s also the third-longest tracked by Statcast (since 2015), surpassed by only Nomar Mazara (505 feet) and Giancarlo Stanton (504).
It was the second-longest home run of the Statcast era at Coors Field, behind Stanton’s 504-foot shot on Aug. 6, 2016, when he was with the Marlins. Ironically, when Stanton set that mark, Yelich was hitting in front of him in the order.
The blast was Yelich’s fourth career leadoff homer, and his second of the season. It is the longest home run of his career, far eclipsing his previous mark of 462 feet.
The towering long ball was Yelich’s 12th of the year and first since Aug. 28 against Chicago, and it elevated a rough road trip that saw him hitting .143 (1-for-7) entering the game.
The previous longest home run of the season was by the Marlins’ Jesús Sánchez, who went 496 feet also at Coors Field.
The Brewers plated two more with a Willy Adames walk and a Hunter Renfroe two-run shot that traveled 440 feet to center, staking the Crew to a 3-0 lead in the first frame.