CLEVELAND -- Evan Longoria has always maintained that the more a hitter tries to hit a home run, the less chance he has of hitting one.
While the Rays slugger hasn't changed his opinion on the subject, he has made changes at the plate and home runs are leaving his bat more frequently than at any point in his career, including his 18th of the season in the first inning of Monday's 7-4 loss to the Indians at Progressive Field.
Hitting home runs is "definitely not in my mind," Longoria said. "The at-bat today, [Josh Tomlin] threw me a cutter away and the pitch I hit out was a two-seamer, middle in.