The Red Sox’ loss Wednesday night featured another bullpen meltdown, with Josh Donaldson and Jake Cave each homering in the 10th to help the Twins secure the win.
But it was Miguel Sanó’s 495-foot solo shot in the third inning that had everyone talking. The ball went soaring out of Fenway to the right of the light tower in left-center.
It was the fifth-longest homer of the Statcast era, which dates back to 2015, and the longest homer in the majors this season.
Prior to Sanó’s blast, the longest home run at Fenway tracked by Statcast was a 469-foot bomb by Hanley Ramirez on April 29, 2017.