Sunday, May 26, 2002
Cinergy Moment No. 26 - May 13, 1993
Kevin Mitchell's red-and-yellow bash
By John Erardi, jerardi@enquirer.com
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Reds slugger Kevin Mitchell hit a red-seat home run and a yellow-seat home run in the most prodigious single-game display of tape-measure slugging in the history of Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field.
It was a Thursday afternoon business day special against the San Diego Padres. Mitchell's first home run was in the yellow seats (415 feet); the second was in the red (458 feet) .
They were back-to-back shots in his first two at-bats.
“I think people are expecting a little too much of me,” Mitchell said after the game. “I hit two home runs and the fans are yelling at me to hit another one. They're never satisfied here.”
The pitcher was Dave Eilan.
“A lot of guys could have hit a home run on the hanging slider I threw him the first time up,” Eiland said after the game. “But that second home run came on a pitch (a sinker) I've throw a thousand times — and got 999 ground balls.”
Reds broadcaster Joe Nuxhall suggested to Reds pitcher Tom Browning that their best pokes might match Mitchell's red-seat bomb if they were combined. Browning disagreed.
“I think we're going to need a third,” he said.
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Cinergy Moment No. 26 - May 13, 1993
