Dodgers’ Trayce Thompson quirkily mashed 3 HRs with an identical exit velocity of 107.5 miles per hour

What a weird stat about a magical night.

It was Opening Weekend in baseball, so the Los Angeles Dodgers had to do one thing: open up the floodgates of dingers. And on Saturday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, it was Trayce Thompson who led the show. That also meant L.A.’s new LED lights show got a great workout.

The Dodgers mashed four home runs against the Diamondbacks. Three (3!) came off of Thompson’s bat, who, in turn, accumulated eight RBIs in a 10-1 win.

Talk about a one-man wrecking crew.

You could tell it was Thompson’s night from the jump when he destroyed a first-inning grand slam with an exit velocity of 107.5 miles per hour. This was not a man who would be denied on this weekend evening:

Then, in the bottom of the fifth, with two guys already on, Thompson blasted a three-run ball into the stands again. And yes, it also had a 107.5 mile-per-hour exit velocity.

To close the night, with the Dodgers’ victory virtually assured, Thompson threw in a solo home run. The first three-homer game of the year belongs to one Mr. Thompson.

Oh, sorry, I buried the lede on that one, didn’t I? Thompson’s third dinger also had a 107.5 mile-per-hour exit velocity, giving him an identical exit velocity on all three home runs. What a quirky but fun stat:

What a magical (and kind of weird?) night for Thompson and the Dodgers.