Vladimir Guerrero Jr. received some advice from his Hall of Fame father after hitting the first two home runs of his career. In return, the younger Guerrero plans on sending his father a few mementos from his historic night.
Guerrero homered twice to become the third-youngest player to hit his first two major league homers in the same game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Tuesday night.
The touted 20-year-old Guerrero homered in the first inning against Giants opener Nick Vincent , his first in 14 big league games. His drive to straightaway centre was measured at 111.3 mph and travelled an estimated 438 feet. The crowd at Oracle Park let out a collective gasp as the ball sailed over the wall in left-centre. Winning pitcher Trent Thornton even got caught up watching.
Two-sport star Danny Ainge was the youngest Blue Jays player to homer, doing so on June 2, 1979 at 20 years, 77 days old. Guerrero is younger by 18 days."He wasn't pressing," Montoyo said. "He just plays and he has fun. He's an even-keeled kind of kid."
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