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Lazaro Montes’ 474-foot homer cuts Rangers’ lead

9/9/2026

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Summary

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Rookie Lazaro Montes hit a 474-foot three-run homer at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday.
It was the longest homer at T-Mobile Park since Statcast began in 2015.
The 116.1 mph exit velocity was Seattle’s highest since Julio Rodríguez’s 116.7 mph on Aug 1 2023.
The homer drove in Cal Raleigh and Cole Young, cutting the Rangers’ lead to 4-3.
Seattle lost 10-5 to Texas, remaining last in most pitching categories since the All-Star break.

History

Historical Context

MLB installed Statcast in all 30 parks for the 2015 season, providing precise exit-velocity and distance data. That year Kyle Seager’s 460-foot, 115-mph homer at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park set the stadium’s Statcast-era record, overtaking Ichiro Suzuki’s 452-foot mark from 2012. The system, unveiled at the 2015 MIT Sloan conference, has spurred an analytics arms race among teams.

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Story summary

Rookie Lazaro Montes hit a 474-foot three-run homer at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday.
It was the longest homer at T-Mobile Park since Statcast began in 2015.
The 116.1 mph exit velocity was Seattle’s highest since Julio Rodríguez’s 116.7 mph on Aug 1 2023.
The homer drove in Cal Raleigh and Cole Young, cutting the Rangers’ lead to 4-3.
Seattle lost 10-5 to Texas, remaining last in most pitching categories since the All-Star break.

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