Indians' Edwin Encarnacion hits rare inside-the-park home run

Steve Gardner | USA TODAY

One of the most exciting plays in baseball is an inside-the-park home run — especially when someone unexpected does it.

That was the case Monday night in the Indians' win over the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, where Cleveland Indians designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion launched a high fly ball into the left field corner.

Angels outfielder Justin Upton couldn't make the catch and then didn't realize the ball had bounced off the wall into a wide open space in left field.

here is video evidence that Edwin Encarnacion really did hit an inside-the-parker. spectacular pic.twitter.com/LsVzta9esf — Jordan Zirm (@clevezirm) April 3, 2018

According to Baseball Savant's sprint speed leaderboard, Encarnacion ranked 420th out of 465 MLB players last season with an average speed of 25.6 feet per second. (Byron Buxton was first at 30.1 feet/sec.)

However, the 35-year-old Encarnacion had plenty of time to circle the bases standing up for his second career inside-the-parker.

Yes, his second.

He hit one 11 years ago as a member of the Cincinnati Reds.

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