Categories: 2021 Highlights

Watch: Segura’s long home run ties it up

At this point, it’s pretty safe to say Jean Segura sees Boston Red Sox lefty Martín Pérez quite well.

Jean Segura homered in Friday’s game. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)

The Phillies second baseman cranked a two-run shot to deep left center field against Pérez in Friday’s series opener at Citizens Bank Park. The game-tying blast traveled 433 feet, Segura’s longest home run in a Phillies uniform.

It was Segura’s fourth-longest home run since the Statcast era began in 2015. The fifth-longest? A 428-foot big fly on Aug. 13, 2017, which came against none other than Martín Pérez when Segura was a Seattle Mariner and Pérez a Texas Ranger.

Segura’s 109-mph blast was his third homer of the season. It came as the second leg of a two-out rally that began with an Andrew McCutchen double and tied the game at 2-2 after the Phillies had fallen behind in the first inning.

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