Giancarlo Stanton's two-run homer in the fourth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game traveled 457 feet and landed toward the back of the left-field pavilion in Dodger Stadium, not far from where the former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High star usually sat when he attended Dodgers games as a kid.
The tape-measure blast was the first All-Star Game hit of the New York Yankees slugger's career — he had been 0 for 7 with four strikeouts in six appearances — and keyed a decisive three-run inning in the American League's 3-2 victory over the National League.
It also earned Stanton the most-valuable-player award, joining Hall-of-Fame closer Mariano Rivera (2013) and shortstop Derek Jeter (2000) as the only Yankees to win All-Star Game MVP honors.
