In the second inning, Cruz ran on the pitch from first base and sprinted home on a Tommy Pham single to center field to score the game-winning run.
It was nothing short of electric.
“Unbelievable. Stealing on that pitch, busting it around second, making Rabelo stop him at third base. Rabs kept him going. It was a great send by Rabs," Don Kelly said. "There’s not many guys in the league that can score on that ball down the line 320 feet. Oneil getting in there. He had a heck of a game today. Even later, when he knocked Bryan in, just it was a great game by Oneil today. He almost caught that one ball and threw from the nook in left-center all the way to third base. Tremendous effort on that play, as well.”
The average sprint speed for Cruz for the season is 29.2 feet per second. The average major-league player is 27 feet per second, and his sprint speed from home to first is 4.25 seconds.
Cruz on his run to home and what he was thinking: "Nothing. It’s just part of my game. I should be able to do that. I have one ceiling. Tommy had a hit, and my mind was to try and score the whole time.”
Cruz added an RBI single in the third inning and an RBI double in the sixth to punctuate a nine-game homestand that saw him collect nine RBIs on 10 hits with a home run, three doubles and one triple.
THE ASYLUM
There's fast, then there's Oneil Cruz fast.
In the second inning, Cruz ran on the pitch from first base and sprinted home on a Tommy Pham single to center field to score the game-winning run.
It was nothing short of electric.
“Unbelievable. Stealing on that pitch, busting it around second, making Rabelo stop him at third base. Rabs kept him going. It was a great send by Rabs," Don Kelly said. "There’s not many guys in the league that can score on that ball down the line 320 feet. Oneil getting in there. He had a heck of a game today. Even later, when he knocked Bryan in, just it was a great game by Oneil today. He almost caught that one ball and threw from the nook in left-center all the way to third base. Tremendous effort on that play, as well.”
The average sprint speed for Cruz for the season is 29.2 feet per second. The average major-league player is 27 feet per second, and his sprint speed from home to first is 4.25 seconds.
Cruz on his run to home and what he was thinking: "Nothing. It’s just part of my game. I should be able to do that. I have one ceiling. Tommy had a hit, and my mind was to try and score the whole time.”
Cruz added an RBI single in the third inning and an RBI double in the sixth to punctuate a nine-game homestand that saw him collect nine RBIs on 10 hits with a home run, three doubles and one triple.
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