OLIVIA Dunne was left watching in awe as players competed in the Home Run Derby on Tuesday night.
Dunne attended the event alongside her Pittsburgh Pirates boyfriend, Paul Skenes.
Olivia Dunne attended the Home Run Derby alongside Paul Skenes[/caption]
Dunne got to sit with players and their families to watch the festivities[/caption]
Dunne was baffled by the power swings of Skenes’ Pittsburgh Pirates teammate[/caption]
Skenes is the National League starting pitcher for the MLB All-Star Game, and his teammate competed in the Home Run Derby.
Oneil Cruz, the Pirates’ center fielder, took the stage to hit some monster home runs in front of the Atlanta crowd.
No one was as impressed as Dunne, who posted a video to her Instagram Story of Cruz taking swings.
“Holy cr@p,” she captioned a post of one of Cruz’s home runs.
She could also be heard saying “oh my god” as she watched Cruz go to work.
Dunne turned the camera around to show how shocked she was by Cruz’s power.
Dunne and Skenes were shown on the ESPN broadcast of the Home Run Derby multiple times as they cheered on Cruz.
They were sat in his cheering section ahead of the festivities.
Dunne also posted her own picture sitting alongside Skenes at the Derby.
According to TMZ, Skenes and Dunne touched down in Atlanta on Sunday night on a private jet.
The outlet reported that Cruz took the flight with them.
He hit 21 home runs in the first round of the Derby to advance to the semifinals.
Cruz wowed everyone in attendance with the moonshots he hit, smacking a 513-foot homer to tie New York Yankees star Aaron Judge for the longest in Home Run Derby history (outside of Coors Field in Denver).
Cruz averaged 447 feet on his first round homers and hit balls as hard as 118 mph.
In the second round, Cruz was a bit worn out and hit 13 home runs.
Dunne’s boyfriend, Skenes, is the National League All-Star starting pitcher[/caption]
That wasn’t enough to get him past Cal Raleigh, who upped his first round total (17) to 19 in the second round.
Raleigh went on to beat Junior Caminero 18-15 to win the Derby.
The Seattle Mariners catcher earned a $1 million bonus for winning the Derby.
Cruz didn’t go home empty handed despite falling in the second round.
He earned $150,000 just for participating, and according to Front Office Sports, the player with the longest home run gets an additional $100,000 bonus.
