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PITTSBURGH -- It wasn't quite the first round that the Phillies' Bobby Abreu recorded last year in the Century 21 Home Run Derby, but David Wright of the New York Mets put on quite an opening show at PNC Park on Monday night.
The right-handed hitting Wright rapped out 16 long balls in the first round, including five in a row at one point, for the third-highest total for one round. He hit two more in the second round for a two-round total of 18.

Howard powered out 10 balls in the second round, tying him with Wright at 18 each. Howard bested Miguel Cabrera of the Florida Marlins, who hit nine in the first round and added six more in the second for a two-round total of 15. David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, who hit 13 in the opening two rounds, was also eliminated.
Abreu set the single-round record when he opened with 24 on the way to a derby-winning 41 a year ago at Detroit's Comerica Park. He was not a participant in this year's contest. Ortiz, who had a distinct advantage this year as a left-handed hitter aiming at the short porch in right field, hit 17 in the first round at Detroit.
For the first time this year, a rule change allowed each player to carry his total from the first to the second rounds. In the past, no matter how many homers a participant hit in the first round, he would have to start all over again in the second round.

For example, Abreu hit only six homers in the second round last year, but survived to go into the finals when Milwaukee's Carlos Lee hit four and Ortiz hit just three. Ivan Rodriguez won that round with eight, but was bested in the final round by Abreu, 11-5.
This year, the two-round total gets two players to the finals where the slate is wiped clean.

Miguel Tejada of the Baltimore Orioles, who won in Houston two years ago when he hit 27 homers, was eliminated this year when he hit only three in the first round. Likewise, Lance Berkman of the Houston Astros (3) and Troy Glaus (1) were eliminated after only one round each at the plate.

Berkman, a switch-hitter batting left-handed, and the lefty-swinging Ortiz and Howard were the only players to plant shots cleanly into the Allegheny River, which flows just beyond the right-field porch.

2006-07-10 15:44:53 · answer #1 · answered by LedZeppelin4ever1955 3 · 0 0

Jermaine Dye

2006-07-10 20:41:11 · answer #2 · answered by Julie 2 · 0 0

Well its rarely who you would expect so Im gonna go for a sleeper. Either Jermaine Dye or Miguel Cabrera

2006-07-10 20:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by drunkbomber 5 · 0 0

Lance

2006-07-10 20:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by buzzman_hst 2 · 0 0

ryan howard he will beat david wright 5-4 in the finals

2006-07-12 18:19:10 · answer #5 · answered by azn_athlete08 1 · 0 0

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