Giancarlo Stanton has ended his homer-less drought.
Facing Washington Nationals starter Edwin Jackson in the top of the first inning, Stanton launched a 440-foot solo shot that landed beyond the wall in left-center field. In doing so, the Miami Marlins slugger snapped his string of three consecutive at-bats without a home run.
The last time Stanton had gone deep was all the way back on Sunday, Aug. 27, against the San Diego Padres, when he hit a two-run, eighth-inning shot off lefty Clayton Richard to break a 2-2 tie and put Miami up for good.
Stanton’s first-inning bomb Tuesday was the fourth one he has clubbed this month at Nationals Park. That’s tied with Ryan Zimmerman for the most homers hit at Nats Park this month, which is weird, given that, well, Stanton doesn’t play for the Nationals. On the year, Stanton has 51 home runs, and he is on pace to finish with 63 bombs. He has now gone yard 18 times this month, tying the major league record for most round-trippers in August, previously set by Rudy York in 1937. That’s 80 years ago, which in chronology circles is commonly referred to as a really long time.
