Frazier, who won the derby last July at Great American Ball Park when he was with the Reds, advanced to the finals against Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton.
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Orioles slugger Mark Trumbo is one of these people, which is why he has hit 28 homers at the All-Star break to lead Major League Baseball and why he was in Monday’s Home Run Derby. The players are given four minutes to hit as many home runs as possible, and two home runs of at least 440 feet earn contestants an extra 30 seconds. This set up a dream semifinal matchup between Trumbo and Stanton.
The only two players in the event not to make the squads for Tuesday night’s All-Star Game competed in the Home Run Derby final Monday night at Petco park, with Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton crushing 20 homers in the last round to finish the night with a record 61 for three rounds.
Stanton beat Trumbo 17-13 in the first semifinal. Only 101 home runs have been hit in the stadium all season.
Click above to see highlights from the final. There’s probably a lesson to be drawn from that but I just can’t tease it out.
Frazier won the title past year when he was with the Reds. But Myers managed only 10 home runs, getting knocked out when Adam Duvall of the Reds hit his 11th.
The top seed is Baltimore Orioles outfielder-designated hitter Mark Trumbo, who leads Major League Baseball with 28 home runs. After seeing Stanton’s display of power, Cano stepped to the plate and only hit seven home runs. The next All-Star Game will be held at Marlins Park, so Stanton said there is a “pretty good chance” he will attempt to repeat there.
The jerseys worn by the Home Run Derby participants are patterned after the brown and yellow color combination worn by the Padres from 1969-84. That meant Robbie had to hit 25 round trippers to punch his ticket into the second round.
And once Gonzalez takes home that crown, he’s ready to parlay his success into a big-time second half run.
Defending Home Run Derby champion Todd Frazier defeated Carlos Gonzalez 13-12 with 39 seconds left. Ties are broken by giving the edge to the players who have hit the most home runs since June 1.
Duvall went first in this showdown and continued to do what he did in the first round.
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“They put up a couple new buildings in the backdrop that I believe helps the ball fly”, hometown favorite Wil Myers of the Padres said earlier Monday at a pre-Derby press conference.
