Mike Napoli deserves a warm welcome back

Thoughts: Mike Napoli is a strong dude

Thoughts on Wednesday's games ... Have a night, Mike Napoli. First, he did this to Mark Buehrle. And then he did this to Esmil Rogers. Distances: 472 and 467 feet, making them the third- and fifth-longest home runs of the season, according to the ESPN Home Run Tracker.

Buchholz Dominant In Red Sox Win

Baseball Tonight Spotlight: Clay Buchholz pitched seven shutout innings and Mike Napoli hit two home runs in Boston's 10-1 win against Toronto.

MLB - Unique HR Day

Wednesday is only the fifth day in the last eight seasons with three home runs that were calculated at 460+ feet.

MLB - NAPOLI DISTANCES

Mike Napoli is the only player in the last eight seasons to hit two 460-foot home runs in the same game. His first home run traveled 472 feet, and his second traveled 467 feet. Entering Wednesday, there had been 1,976 multi-home run games in the last eight seasons, and the only other player to hit two at least 450 feet in same game was Edwin Encarnacion, who did it on May 21, 2010 at Arizona.

Rapid Reaction: Sox 10, Jays 1

TORONTO -- Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli hit the longest home run of his career Wednesday night, a 472-foot drive to dead center field, then followed that three innings later with another tape-measure job, 467 feet into the third deck, with two runners aboard.

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Five More Rbis For Napoli

From Elias: Mike Napoli drove in five runs to lead the Red Sox to a 9-6 win over the A's on Monday night. Napoli now has 25 RBIs in Boston's 19 games this season. Over the last 70 seasons, only one Red Sox has reached 25 RBIs before Boston's 20th game: Mo Vaughn (18th game in 1995).

MLB - Napoli driving them in

From Elias: