Taylor Walls homers from each side of the plate to make Tampa Bay Rays history
- Taylor Walls homered from both sides of the plate in a game against the Athletics, leading to a 12-4 victory for the Tampa Bay Rays.
- He became the first switch-hitter to achieve this feat twice for the Rays.
- Walls hit his first home run left-handed in the fourth inning and right-handed in the sixth inning.
- This game marked Walls' first home run of the season, ending a 105-game drought without a home run.
- 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.
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·沃尔斯在与运动员队的比赛中双面击球，帮助坦帕湾光芒队以12-4获胜，成为美国联盟领先的光芒队历史上第一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岁的游击手在周二的比赛中，在第四局以左手击球打出他的第一支本垒打，击球手是运动员队的首发投手梅森·巴尼特。
沃尔斯在第六局以右手击球打出第二支本垒打，击败了替补投手布雷迪·巴索，帮助坦帕湾赢得了第八场连胜。沃尔斯是本赛季第五位双面击球的球员，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。