Bautista is a bad man hits #53 and 54
October 1st 2010 13:04
Any pitcher, any ballpark, anywhere.
Nothing seems to be able to hold down Jose Bautista and the swing-from-your-heels Toronto Blue Jays this season, not even Francisco Liriano and spacious Target Field.
Bautista hit home runs No. 53 and 54, including a grand slam, and the Blue Jays went deep six times in a 13-2 victory over the stumbling Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.
Edwin Encarnacion hit two homers and Jose Molina and Travis Snider added long balls for the Jays, who swing with the ferocity of John Daly on the tee box of a par-5. They have hit 253 homers this season, the fourth-highest total in baseball history.
Their latest display of unbridled power came against the most difficult pitcher in the big leagues to hit a home run against and in the third-most difficult ballpark to hit one out.
"Balls have been flying out of any stadium for us all year long," said Bautista whose second homer went to right field, the first one this season that didn't go to either left or left-center.
Bautista entered the night on an 0-for-20 skid, but had three hits and five RBIs. His mammoth grand slam landed in the third deck in left field some 428 feet from home plate and he added the solo homer to right in the ninth.
Bautista, whose previous career high for homers was 16, has nine multihomer games this year. He is the first player to hit 54 homers in a season since Alex Rodriguez in 2007.
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