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Giancarlo Stanton Reaches 450th Home Run as Yankees Beat Orioles

The opposite-field shot moved him to 41st on the all-time list.

Overview

  • Stanton’s two-out, three-run homer in the first off Tomoyuki Sugano at Camden Yards staked New York to a 3-0 lead.
  • Statcast measured the drive at 104.2 mph off the bat with an estimated distance of 358 feet.
  • He became the fifth-fastest player to reach 450 homers, getting there in his 1,719th game, per YES Network.
  • Stanton now leads all active players in career home runs and is the only active member of the 400-homer club, with Mike Trout at 399 entering the day.
  • The Yankees won 6-1 as Aaron Judge hit his 49th homer and Carlos Rodón worked seven strong innings, pulling New York within two games of Toronto, which holds the tiebreaker with seven games remaining.