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WATCH: Javy Baez crushes 439-foot opposite field blast


Tony Crumpton Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor -

El Mago is good at baseball.

Javier Baez crushed an opposite field 439-foot solo homer to put the Cubs up 3-0 in the eighth inning of Tuesday's game against the Marlins.

It was his fifth homer of the season with an exit velocity of 109.3 MPH.

Baez is the first Cubs player with three consecutive three-hit games since Willson Contreras on May 9-12 last season according to NBC Sports Chicago.

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