
WATCH: Sergio Alcantara tattoos pitch for first home run of season |
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 7:00 PM | - -
SAN DIEGO — Going yard for the first time in a Chicago Cubs uniform, shortstop Sergio Alcantara smashed a 387-foot home run on Wednesday. The towering solo dinger provided the Cubs with an insurance run, putting them up 3-1 over the San Diego Padres in the top of the eighth.
Alcantara's first homer of the season sailed out to right field at Petco Park, leaving the bat at 100.6 mph and 31 degrees. The long ball came on a 94.6-mph four-seamer thrown by reliever Emilio Pagan, giving Alcantara, who was added to the Cubs' active roster on May 30, his second RBI of the year.
Sergio Alcántara's first #Cubs home run!#CubTogether pic.twitter.com/bcyE4B6515
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 9, 2021
387-foot insurance run from Sergio Alcántara! pic.twitter.com/4qzqXU4311
— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) June 9, 2021
#Cubs 3 @ #Padres 1 [T8-1o]:
— Home Run Tracker (@DingerTracker) June 9, 2021
Sergio Alcántara homers (1): fly ball to RF (solo)
Hit: 387ft, 100.6mph, 31°??
Pitch: 94.6mph Four-Seam Fastball (RHP Emilio Pagán, 5)