The whole story of Trevor Story's Statcast-blasting night

By Bob Hille, Omnisport


Wow. And wow. And ... wow.

Now here's the whole story of Trevor Story's Statcast-blasting Wednesday night filled with three home runs:

— He swung so hard connecting on his first homer, in the first inning, that he fell to the ground. That one went "only" 459 feet, landing on the Coors Field concourse beyond the left-field bleachers.

"That first one was a little bit different," Story said (via Rockies.com). "I've never fallen down like that. On a swing-and-miss for sure. It was a two-strike count and I wasn't really trying to hit a home run. I was just trying to hit something hard. I guess it was cool, because [Adrian] Beltre was one of my guys growing up, and that was definitely his thing. Mine definitely wasn't as smooth. I pretty much fell on my face. That was special."

— His second homer — which traveled 505 feet and also landed on the left-field concourse, but bounced into a concession stand — was the longest since Stacast began tracking distances in 2015 and, obviously, the longest in Rockies history.

"That's pretty cool," the soft-spoken Story said after hearing about the record-breaking distance of his second shot. "There's been a lot of big home runs here, a lot of big power guys. I'll take it."

— The top two homers on Statcast's list — Giancarlo Stanton held the previous mark at 504 feet in 2016 while with the Marlins — were hit in the thin air of Denver. And Michael A. Taylor's blast in 2015, at 495 feet, is tied for fifth-longest and also came at Coors Field.

For the record (Franchy Cordero alert!):

Longest homers in feet since 2015
1. 505 -- Trevor Story, 9/5/18 (Coors)
2. 504 -- Giancarlo Stanton, 8/6/16 (Coors)
3-T. 495 -- Aaron Judge, 6/11/17 (Yankee Stadium)
3-T. 495 -- Kris Bryant, 9/6/15 (Wrigley Field)
5-T. 493 -- Gary Sanchez, 8/22/17 (Comerica Park)
5-T. 493 -- Nelson Cruz, 9/24/16 (Target Field)
5-T. 493 -- Michael A. Taylor, 8/20/15 (Coors Field)
8. 491 -- Nomar Mazara, 5/25/16 (Globe Life Park)
9. 490 -- Joey Gallo, 9/17/17 (Angel Stadium)
10. 489 -- Franchy Cordero, 4/20/18 (Chase Field)

— The details: Story's record-breaking homer in the fourth innning came off Giants starter Andrew Suarez on a one-ball and one-strike count, a four-seam fastball clocked at 92 mph. It had an exit velocity of 111.9 mph with a launch angle of 28 degrees.

"I knew that was close to 500 feet," Rockies veteran Carlos Gonzalez said of Story's homer, having seen Stanton's bomb from two years earlier. "As soon as it came off the bat, I was like, 'Oh my God, it's going to hit the scoreboard. It's going to go straight to my Lamborghini in the (players') parking lot.' It was awesome."

— The combined distance of Story's three home runs was 1,380 feet, more than 4 1/2 football fields. That total is the longest for a three-homer performance, surpassing Alex Rodriguez's mark of 1,324 feet set July 25, 2015.

"That was awesome," Rockies manager Bud Black said of the accomplishment. "What great swings. Trev was doing his thing. It was great competition. It's hard to hit, first of all. And it's hard to hit homers. It was a great night for sure."

— It was his fifth multi-homer game of the season but second in three days for Story.

"I was like, 'OK, my guy's feeling good today, so don't throw him strikes,'" Gonzalez said. "And he kept throwing him strikes."

Story had two home runs off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner in the series opener Monday.