Cleveland Indians designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion is used to hitting home runs, and they are usually of the over-the-fence variety, but that was not the case for the right-handed slugger in the top of the second inning against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim Monday night.
After taking a called first strike from Angels starter JC Ramirez, Encarnacion hit a long fly ball down the left-field line.
Angels left fielder Justin Upton hustled toward the wall to make an attempt at catching the ball, but it ricocheted off the fence. Thinking the hit went foul, Upton initially did not pursue the ball, and by the time he got to it in left-center, Encarnacion had enough time to sprint around the bases for the inside-the-park home run, which gave the Indians a 1-0 advantage.
Run that parrot all the way around! Edwin Encarnacion inside-the-park home run
It was Encarnacion’s second inside-the-park home run of his career. The first one came when he was a member of the Cincinnati Reds organization in August of 2007.
Currently, Encarnacion leads the Indians with three home runs and is tied with first baseman Yonder Alonso for the most RBI on the team, four.
PHOTOS: Cleveland Indians DH Edwin Encarnacion hits inside-the-park home run
Encarnacion is locating pitches well on the west coast, as he has hit three home runs in the last two games.
In Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field, Encarnacion belted two round-trippers.
The Indians doubled their lead to 2-0 when designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion led off the fourth inning with a solo home run. After taking two pitches out of the strike zone from Mariners starter Mike Leake, Encarnacion sat on a cut fastball and blasted it over the scoreboard in the left-field stands.
THE PARROT IS RELEASED!
Edwin Encarnacion blasts one to deep left to give the Indians a 2-0 lead in the 4th!#RallyTogether pic.twitter.com/8gaVlXJL2r
The Indians got two runs back when Encarnacion belted a two-run home run into the left-field seats in the top of the eighth inning, but they could get no closer than the one run deficit.
"Holy smokes! Where's this gonna land?!?" -@stomattu
HR #2️⃣ of the day for @encadwin CRUSHED, as the @Indians try to mount a comeback: https://t.co/c7e3A8U2ud #RallyTogether pic.twitter.com/ImSlJP0W7G
