Taylor Walls homers from each side of the plate to make Tampa Bay Rays history
- Taylor Walls homered from each side of the plate in a 12-4 victory against the Athletics.
- He became the first switch-hitter to accomplish this feat twice for the Tampa Bay Rays.
- Walls hit his first homer left-handed in the fourth inning and right-handed in the sixth inning.
- This game marked Walls' first home run of the season after a drought of 105 regular-season games.
- He is the fifth player this season to homer from both sides of the plate.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Walls homered from each side of the plate in a 12-4 victory at the Athletics on Tuesday night, becoming the first switch-hitter to do that twice for the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays.
Walls also accomplished the feat on April 18, 2023, at Cincinnati. The 30-year-old shortstop hit his first homer Tuesday left-handed in the fourth inning off Athletics starter Mason Barnett.
Walls went deep as a right-handed hitter off reliever Brady Basso in the sixth, helping Tampa Bay win its eighth straight game. Walls is the fifth player this season to homer from both sides of the plate, joining the Chicago White Sox’s Drew Romo, Colorado’s Willi Castro, Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds, and Minnesota’s Josh Bell.
Hitting his first long ball of the season, Walls ended his personal home run drought at 105 regular-season games, dating to July 27, 2025. Walls only has 24 home runs in 581 games in the majors, counting the playoffs.
泰勒·沃尔斯双面击球创下坦帕湾光芒队历史
加利福尼亚州西萨克拉门托（美联社）——泰勒·沃尔斯在周二晚上对阵运动员的比赛中双面击球得分，以12-4获胜，成为坦帕湾光芒队历史上首位两次实现这一壮举的双面击球手。
沃尔斯在2023年4月18日也曾在辛辛那提实现过这一壮举。这位30岁的游击手在第四局左手击出首个本垒打，击球手是运动员的先发投手梅森·巴尼特。
沃尔斯在第六局右手击出第二个本垒打，击球手是接替投手布雷迪·巴索，帮助坦帕湾赢得第八场连胜。沃尔斯是本赛季第五位双面击球得分的球员，加入了芝加哥白袜队的德鲁·罗莫、科罗拉多的威利·卡斯特罗、匹兹堡的布莱恩·雷诺兹和明尼苏达的乔什·贝尔。
沃尔斯在本赛季首次击出本垒打，结束了自2025年7月27日以来105场常规赛的本垒打干旱期。在大联盟的581场比赛中，沃尔斯总共只有24个本垒打，包括季后赛。