The San Francisco Giants splashed their way into history Sunday with a home run out of their Oracle Park home ballpark.
Before Sunday, no right-handed batter on the Giants or any of their visiting opponents had ever hit a “splash hit” home run into the famous McCovey Cove water beyond right field at the stadium, which opened in 2000.
Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos hit the historic homer in the bottom of the 9th inning Sunday to tie their game against the San Diego Padres. The Padres went on to win the game 4-3 in extra innings.
Ramos’ homer was the 105th splash hit into McCovey Cove by a Giants hitter, while 61 homers have been hit by visiting hitters into the cove, named after Hall of Famer Willie McCovey.
The water beyond right field was named after McCovey but was made famous by Barry Bonds, Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leader who hit 23 of the Giants’ first 25 splash hits and attracted crowds of kayakers to the cove seeking historic homers.
The loss Sunday moved the Giants’ record to 72-78 for this season with a dozen games to go.
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