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No doubt he grew up knowing the legend of King Corcoran. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_uRAp5q07M&pp=ygUUUG90dHN2aWxsZSBmaXJlYmlyZHM%3D
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Contrary to some forecasts, the rain stayed away from Innovative Field on Saturday. Instead, it was left fielder Travis Blankenhorn who brought the thunder in Rochester’s 4-1 victory against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, hitting a 461-foot home run in the first for the longest round-tripper of the season by a Rochester hitter so far....Blankenhorn got the Red Wings on the board with authority. The 27-year-old worked a seven-pitch at-bat, fouling the ball off four times to work a 2-2 count against IronPigs’ starter Shaun Anderson. On the seventh pitch, Blankenhorn found a hanging slider going down the middle and smashed it. The ball was seemingly gone as soon as he hit, rocketing at 105.7 MPH well over the ESL-sponsored event space near the righ -field scoreboard. The home run, Blankenhorn’s 20th of the season, gave the home team a 1-0 lead....Blankenhorn continues to swing a hot bat in August, hitting .411 on the month so far, including an eight-game hit streak that he extended with the home run.
I assume he'll get a chance to compete for the 1B job next year on the assumption that we aren't bringing back Smith.
What a week for Travis Blankenhorn on his way to being named International League Player of the Week!Blankenhorn launched two homers for the @RocRedWings on Sunday to give him four in his last three games. He went 10-for-21 (.476) with two doubles, a triple, five HRs, eight RBI, two walks and seven runs this week (6 games).
Outfielder Travis Blankenhorn was honored as International League Player of the Week (April 15-21). He belted five home runs in six games during that stretch. Blankenhorn, 27, appeared in 10 games with the Nationals last season.
Uh, maybe he needs to be called up?.286 / .981 OPS with 8 HRs this season so far (and 2 SBs too!)
returned to earth this month. Crash landed, in fact. .140 / .189 / .380, with 4 HRs in his 7 hits.