Cuba is back on the map! 2013 Home Run Derby champion and Adam Jones gives him the belt.
FINAL ROUND- Harper vs. Cespedes!
10:42 p.m. ET- Cespedes at bat- 8 HRs, 5 OUTS
Swing 14- BOOOOM!!! 455 FEEt! Yoenis Cepesdes is the Home Run Derby champion!
Swing 12- Upper deck! No. 7! OFF THE RESTAURANT!! #13 Takes a sip. Even Cano's pops cheering.
Swing 11- liner. Out. Needs 2 more to tie.
Swing 10- Lined! GONE!
Swing 9- Cespedes needs four more.
Swing 8- 5 home runs! 3 OUTS
Harper at bat- Totaled 16 in first round.
10 OUTS, 8 HRS
GOLD BALL TIME! Nothing.
Swing 17- AT THE WARNING TRACK!
Swing 16- Cespedes is going to have to put on a show. Harper mad at himself again.
Swing 15- There goes another one!! 381!
Swing 14- 541 FEET?! Estimated
Swing 13- popup
Swing 12- Popup to center
Swing 11- 2nd decker 365 feet
Swing 10- Flyout to right field
Swing 9- To right center! Gone! Into the bullpen.
Swing 8- Liner! Fouled.
Swing 7- Right center- 429 feet.
Swing 6- To Center. Harper yells at himself.
Swing 5- out to right field
Swing 4- grounded to first base
Swing 1-3 have been home runs!
SECOND ROUND PARTICIPANTS--- Cuddyer (7), Davis (8), Harper (8), Cespedes (17)
10:19 p.m. ET Cespedes 6 HRS, 10 OUTS
Cespedes trying to win it for the American League
Swing 16- Weak popup! 23 Home runs!
Swing 15- Gold Ball!
Swing 13- Lineout
Swing 12- Grounder.
Swing 11- Off the glass in the restaurant!! American League wins 43-32!
Swing 10- His bat sounded like it broke! Of the truck on the side of right field!!
Swing 9- Big swing. Nothing
Swing 8- Pressing. Shallow to center
Swing 7 Home run to left.
Swing 5 & 6 outs
Swing 4- Fouled off
Swing 3- Flyout
10:07 p.m. ET Harper 10 OUTS, 8 HRS
Swing 18- Gold ball. Giving back to charity. Goes oppo.
Swing 16 oppo.
Swing 15 Gone! He's in the Finals
Swing 14- Juuuust foul. Misses the decider.
Swing 13 OUT! 414 FT
Swing 12- Drive to left, no good.
One more ties Cuddyer
Swing 11- HOMER! Fair? Yes! Off the screen
Swing 10- liner to right.
Swing 8- Harper upset. Yelling at himself
Swing 7- 432!!
Swing 6 Harper goes deep!
Swing 5 Another one!
Swing 4 HR!!!
Swing 3 out to right field!
Swing 2 popup to right
Swing 1 FOUL!
Harper to take the plate--- Everybody stands up to cancer. And holds sign with name of somebody they know who had or has cancer.
Davis at bat-- 4 HRS, 10 OUTS
Swing 12 & 13 finishes with four home runs. Only 12
Jones gives Davis a sip of water. Dries off his sweat. Changes batting gloves.
Swing 11- BOOOOOMB!! Almost off the the bridge
Swing 10- Lined to right.
Swing 9- OUT
Swing 8- Kid catches it outside
Swing 7- Oppo... Another one! Using the entire field
Swing 6 to center. Gone!
Swing 5- Popped foul.
Swing 4- Davis pressing lined to right field
Swing 3- Foul ball
Swing 2- BOOM!
Cuddyer 15 total home runs. Cespedes still leads.
9:47 p.m. ET CUDDYER- 8 HRS, 9 OUTS
Swing 18
Swing 17- Gold Ball! To left! Lined. GONE! $284K
Swing 16- Lined to left.
Five home runs in last two outs
Swing 10- Lined to left
Swing 9 To dead center.
Swing 7 & 8 line drives
Swing 6- Just over the truck!
Swing 4 Again to left. Too much air.
Swing 3- lined to left
Swing 2- We are not in Colorado and Cuddyer is hitting bombs!
Swing 1- HR!
Cuddyer has the tallest ladder to climb as he needs 10 home runs to even match Cespedes
9:33 p.m. ET- David Wright holds record for most home runs at Citi Field (37)
Wonder how nervous Wright is right now.
9 OUTS, 5 HRS
Swing 15- GOLD BALL--- Gets a hold of one. Ball boys camp under it. 5! He's gone. Cuddyer's in.
Swing 14- Popup to left. Gets under it
Swing 13- "AWWW!" Go the fans. Goes opposite field.
Swing 12- Jammed to right field
Swing 11- Breaks up the groove.
Swing 10- And then another one! 5. Two more to tie Cuddyer
Swing 9- 394 feet! They're not going far, but they're deep enough
Swing 8- Fans try to get behind Wright... This one might have enough. 3!
Swing 6 & 7 lined to left field
Swing 5- Boom! To dead center. It disappears in the night. OH! Not deep enough.
Swing 4- To left field. Gone!
Swing 3- Apple raised. Hits it to center. Out.
Swing 2- BOOM! The fans go wild. Second deck home run.
Swing 1- fouled off
So far- It's Cuddyer, Davis, Cespedes and Harper. Up next, Captain America.
9:24 p.m. ET Robinson Cano awaits--- Here's the 2011 Defending Champ
10 OUTS, 4 HRS
Swing 14- Cano is done! Only four home runs. Doesn't even take his Gatorade. Fans are happy.
Swing 13- Weak popup.
Swing 11 & 12 OUTS
Swing 10- What A DRIVE! DING! 406 FT.
Swing 9- Kid comes in to dry Cano's sweat. . . To center field. Kid calls for it. OUT!
Swing 8- Popup to right
Swing 7- Jammed? No? Kids measure it. Fourth out.
Swing 6- Barely cleared Pepsi Porch
Swing 5- Popup
Swing 4- Liner! Up to the Pepsi porch. 366 FT
Swing 3- GONE! Upper deck in right field.
Swing 2- Popup. 2 OUTS
Taking pitches. Fans booing. Some clapping.
Swing 1- Cano off the Geico sign off the wall
Jose Cano with some pimp glasses.
9:09 p.m. ET Bryce Harper 8 HRS, 9 OUTS
Papa Harper is pitching to his son. MIssing inside badly. He might be nervous. Ron Harper.
Swing 1- Homer to right center
Swing 2- lined to right center
Swing 3- LINER!!
Swing 4- Out in front. 2 OUTS
Swing 5- Another liner to right.
Swing 6- Goes to opposite field. One child races after the popup
Swing 7- Harper goes oppo over the Party City fence
Swing 8- Another liner! Wow! The lowest home runs in the competition.
Swing 11- To dead center. Not enough
Swing 12- To center field! Harper has just placed himself in the 2nd round discussion.
Swing 13- 471 to Shea Bridge!!!
Swing 14- Ew, foul ball to third base.
Swing 15- Liner!! Towards the Dunkin' Donuts sign! 8 homers
Swing 17 popup
Swing 18- Taking pitches... Harper goes opposite field..... Popup to left. Ties Chris Davis
9:01 p.m. ET- Mr. 37 Home Runs. Chris "Crush" Davis at the plate
10 OUTS, 8 HRS
Swing 1- Lined to center. emale makes the play.
Swing 2- Misses the truck. Gone to center!
Swing 3- Lined to right
Swing 6- Goes opposite field
Swing 7- Creams one to the bullpen!
Swing 8- Moonshot!! Almost hit the truck. Has 3 straight homers.
Swing 9- Opposite field again!
Swing 10- Opposite field again!! That's 3! 5 consecutive.
Swing 11- Lined to right on grounder
Swing 12- Ball goes under the truck!
Swing 13- Boom! Now using right field.
Swing 14 Lined to right center. OUT
Swing 15- Jammed. Goes oppo shy of the warning trakck
Swing 16- Davis lines to right center
Swing 17 Lined
Swing 18- Can't get the gold ball!
CHRIS DAVIS up at-bat when we return
8:47 p.m. ET- Alvarez at bat 10 OUTS, 6 HRS
The nerves are setting in. Hit a grounder and lined one foul
Swing 5- Over the Subway sign in right!
Swing 6 OUT
Swing 7- Another bomb
Swing 8- OUT
Swing 9- Lined!! Over the Pepsi Porch
Swing 10- Off the Dunkin' Donuts sign.
Swing 11- lined to right. OUT
Swing 12- Lined to right! 374!
Swing 13- Popup just a little lover 3rd base
Swing 14- 3 rows from leaving the park to right!! 6 home runs!
Swing 16- GOLD BALL! Gets under it.
8:34 p.m. ET- Here is the Cuban Missile: 10 OUTS- 17 HRS
Swing 1- Gets under it and sents it to the deepest part of the park
Swing 2- Opposite field popup
Swing 3- Easily lined out.
Swing 4- BOOOM! 404 line drive!
Swing 5- Misses the car! Takes one from his ankles!!
Swing 6- OH MAN!!! 403 third deck.
Swing 10- DEAD CENTER!!!! Just missed the apple.
Swing 12- Bomb!
Swing 13- To center field! Gone! Leader.
Swing 14, he gets under that one, ball gets over the original wall. 418. 9 HOME RUNS!
Swing 15- Off the railing in left center.
Here comes the fellow chico, Aroldis Chapman to dry up his fellow countryman's sweat.
Swing 16- WHAT A SHOT!!
Swing 17- Second deck to left! 12 home runs. THE CROWD IS INTO IT!
Swing 18- 456 FT! Dead center. The fans cheer.
Swing 19- Liner to left. Little kid chatches it and gets a round of applause.
Swing 20- And another one!
Swing 21- Flyout to left.
Swing 22- Liner. He takes a break and it looks as though he hadn't stopped.
Swing 23- Lined to left
Swing 24- SECOND DECK! 16!
Swing 25- Another second decker!
Swing 26- OUT---
Swing 27- GOLD BALL- Signals to bring it. Jammed. Popup. $147K
8:28 p.m. ET- Cespedes to hit next up.
8:23 p.m. ET- Michael Cuddyer: 5HR 8 OUTS
Swing 1- Lined to left field. OUT
Swing 2- High pitch, OFF THE TRUCK?! 421 FT!
Swing 3- Another high fastball.
Swing 10- Hit oppo, no bueno.
Swing 11- Cuddyer to center! Off the Citi Field sign, on the wall. 8 OUTS
Swing 12- Pulled! Boom!
Swing 13- POW! He ties the Prince.
Swing 14- OUT
Swing 15- Cuddyer with 6!
Swing 16- Foul.
8:13 p.m. ET- Prince Fielder walks up to the plate! ...He has no game plan by the way.
5 HR--- 10 OUTS
Takes first pitch. Takes first pitch. Takes 3rd. Sandy Guerrero looks down as Fielder hits a bomb. 1 home run. 0 outs. BOMB! 2 home runs 0 outs.
Foul ball! almost got some cameramen. LINE DRIVE!!! OVER THE PEPSI PORCH! 363 FT.
Huge Swing. Misses.
Swing 7- lined down right field.
Swing 8- Popup to center
Swing 9- Lined to right foul
Swing 10- Lined shot to right field
Swing 11- Lined to right
Swing 12- Popped to right.
Swing 13- Fouled to right
Swing 14- Gold Ball- Each home run worth $23,000... GONE!! Of the top of the camera set in right field
Swing 15- Deep to center! Got under that one.
8:07 p.m. ET Lineups announced--- #1 Prince Fielder, #2 Michael Cuddyer #3 Yoenis Cespedes, #4 Pedro Alvarez #5 Chris Davis, #6 Bryce Harper #7 Robinson Cano, #8 David Wright
Cano gets booed. Father nodding his head.
8:04 p.m. ET- Pitbull's performance wraps up.
Pitbull is on the stage performing as we get ready to kick this off. His base player looks like Rick Ross.
American League
Fielder, Cespedes, Davis, Cano,
National League
Harper, Cuddyer, Alvarez, Wright
The 2013 Home Run Derby is about to take off. Join us for our live blog of the event as eight of the top sluggers in baseball take the batter's box as only one will be crowned the king of home runs. We bring you the round-by-round results with totals and ultimately, the winner.
This year is a bit different than previous derbies. Five of the eight participants are all first timers. David Wright, Robinson Cano and Prince Fielder are the only guys who have been in the Home Run Derby before. Cano and Fielder have won it in back-to-back seasons. Cano won in 2011, while Fielder comes in as the defending champion.
First Timers
Michael Cuddyer might be new to the official Home Run Derby, but he has participated in other home run competitions and won. Wright and Cuddyer grew up around the same area and the 34-year-old won it all. Chris Davis is the 2013 home run leader so far in the season. He has hit 37 home runs so far in the year and will look to break records if he continues hitting balls over the wall at this pace. Yoenis Cespedes is strong and that gives him some advantage in this tournament. He's hit 15 home runs in 2013. Pedro Alvarez is one of the streakiest guys in baseball. After a slow start in 2013, Alvarez hit 10 home runs alone in the month of June. Bryce Harper is a sweet-swinger youngster who can hit for power. He's only hit 13 home runs, but watch out for the 20-year-old as he can turn it up and perform when it matters most.
The good news for Cano, Fielder, Davis, Alvarez and Harper is that a lefty has won the competition seven of the last eight years. Wright, Cuddyer and Cespedes can be the first right handers to win the derby since Vladimir Guerrero took home the trophy in 2007.
Fielder, Cano, Davis and Cespedes have a great chance of winning since five of the last six winners have come from the American League. Fielder was the last National League player to win it as he accomplished this task while wearing a Milwaukee Brewers' jersey.
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