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Trea Turner's record-tying homer puts Team USA up early over Japan in World Baseball Classic finale
Trea Turner's record-tying homer puts Team USA up early over Japan in World Baseball Classic finale
Trea Turner continued his red-hot run for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, homering in the second inning to put the Americans up 1-0 against Japan in the championship game. It was Turner's fifth home run of the tournament, tying him for the most in a single World Baseball Classic and breaking the record for most by an American player in their WBC career.
Turner's home run came on a 92 mph fastball from Japan's left-handed starter Shota Imanaga. Turner had worked a 2-1 advantage in the count before Imanaga missed with his heater over the middle. Take a look at the result:
US of TREA! #WorldBaseballClassic pic.twitter.com/r9qRQ8l1g8
— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 21, 2023
Per Statcast, Turner's home run had an exit velocity of 107 mph and a launch angle of 25 degrees. The ball was estimated to have traveled 406 feet, and improved Team USA's win probability by 11 percentage points, all the way to 58.8%.
Turner entered Tuesday night hitting .368/.429/1.000 with four home runs and 10 runs batted in. Turner's fifth blast tied Seung-Yuop Lee (Korea, 2006) for the most by one batter in a single tournament. Here's the rest of the top four:
Seung-Yuop Lee, Korea: 5 HR in 2006;
Trea Turner, USA: 5 HR in 2023 (and
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Trea Turner's record-tying homer puts Team USA up early over Japan in World Baseball Classic finale
Trea Turner's record-tying homer puts Team USA up early over Japan in World Baseball Classic finale
Trea Turner continued his red-hot run for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, homering in the second inning to put the Americans up 1-0 against Japan in the championship game. It was Turner's fifth home run of the tournament, tying him for the most in a single World Baseball Classic and breaking the record for most by an American player in their WBC career.
Turner's home run came on a 92 mph fastball from Japan's left-handed starter Shota Imanaga. Turner had worked a 2-1 advantage in the count before Imanaga missed with his heater over the middle. Take a look at the result:
US of TREA! #WorldBaseballClassic pic.twitter.com/r9qRQ8l1g8
— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 21, 2023
Per Statcast, Turner's home run had an exit velocity of 107 mph and a launch angle of 25 degrees. The ball was estimated to have traveled 406 feet, and improved Team USA's win probability by 11 percentage points, all the way to 58.8%.
Turner entered Tuesday night hitting .368/.429/1.000 with four home runs and 10 runs batted in. Turner's fifth blast tied Seung-Yuop Lee (Korea, 2006) for the most by one batter in a single tournament. Here's the rest of the top four:
Seung-Yuop Lee, Korea: 5 HR in 2006;
Trea Turner, USA: 5 HR in 2023 (and
classict-shirt.com/trea-turners-record-tying-homer-puts-t...