Dodgers News: James Outman Makes History Wednesday in Baltimore
The Dodgers may have lost the series finale on Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles, but it wasn't a bad game for everyone.
Dodgers rookie James Outman, who's been hitting the ball much better as of late after struggling through a two-month slump, made history on Wednesday.
In the top of the fifth inning, he became the first left-handed batter ever to hit an opposite field home run at Camden Yards since they moved the left field wall back, per Dodgers Nation on Twitter.
I know what you're thinking, what kind of statistic is that?
Well, two years ago, the Orioles decided to move their left field back... a lot.
The Camden Yards dimension were pushed back in left field, making them 384 feet back in left field, and 398 feet back in left center field.
A left-handed hitter hadn't hit a home run there in the last two seasons, but Outman decided to bring a halt to that trend. He crushed an opposite field, two-run home run, forever etching his name in the record books as the first lefty to hit a home run over the new left field wall in Camden Yards.
Congrats to Outman on the impressive achievement. He's heating up just in time for the stretch run for LA.
