TORONTO — Denzel Clarke’s dream homecoming continued on Saturday afternoon.
After Clarke wowed his hometown followers by scaling the center-field wall for an unbelievable house run theft on Friday evening, the Athletics’ No. 5 prospect returned the following day and launched his first Main League house run, belting a first-pitch fastball from Blue Jays right-hander Braydon Fisher for a go-ahead two-run blast within the second inning.
Though Gold Glove-caliber protection is what helped Clarke get to the large leagues this season, his spectacular uncooked energy is one thing the A’s participant improvement workers has raved about for the reason that day he was drafted in 2021.
He actually displayed that on his first massive fly, barreling it up at an exit velocity of 106.5 mph and sending it a Statcast-projected 406 ft into the second deck of seats past left area.
