Lance Lynn gave up 44 home runs this year. He added four more to that total in the third inning of Game 3.
Count 'em!
— MLB (@MLB) October 12, 2023
The @Dbacks are the first team in MLB history to hit FOUR homers in a single #Postseason inning! pic.twitter.com/gW89bANgtu
Geraldo Perdomo, Ketel Marte, Christian Walker and Gabriel Moreno all hit solo shots in the bottom of the third to chase Los Angeles Dodgers starter Lance Lynn and give Arizona a 4-0 lead.
Moreno's home run may have been the most impressive. After his blast down the right-field line was called a home run, then ruled foul after a replay review, he blasted a no-doubt, 420-foot shot to left on the very next pitch.
Then he flipped his bat about 15 feet in the air.
After Gabriel Moreno’s home run to right field was overturned, he homered to left center - 420 ft - on the very next pitch.
— Patrick Lyons (@PatrickDLyons) October 12, 2023
*Watch for the all-time bat flip. pic.twitter.com/RYbpFMIu6Q
Lynn allowed 44 home runs this season in 183 innings pitched, a rate of 2.3 home runs per nine innings. That's a higher rate than Bert Blyleven, who set the single-season record by yielding 50 home runs in 1986 — but in 271.2 innings. He was still only giving up 1.7 per nine innings.
The home run by Perdomo showed how truly gopher-ball-friendly Lynn had become. Perdomo hit six home runs all season, none since Aug. 13 and only one since May 28.
That's one in his last 113 games, counting the playoffs. Perdomo only had one hit in the playoffs before Wednesday night.
But it might just be the Diamondbacks, not Lynn. They've now hit eight home runs in 22 innings against the Dodgers and 12 in their five playoff games. Now they're going deep — into the playoffs.
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