Even if you were to watch a team take batting practice before the game with a pitching coach throwing meatballs down the middle, it is not automatic that you see players hit back to back home runs. Even with just the pitching coach, home runs are still not easy to hit in big league ballparks.
However, in the 9th inning of the game today while trying to protect a 4-3 lead, the Dbacks closer did just that and gave up back-to-back home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays walked off the Dbacks. Both pitches far from batting practice fastballs and both on Shelby Miller’s signature splitter, a pitch that has been so good for him this season.