Eugenio Suarez He is champion of the Festival of home run Pepsi 2024 played on December 2, at the Simón Bolívar Monumental Stadium in Caracas.
The player from the Leones del Caracas and the Arizona Diamondbacks won the 22nd edition of the championship with 12 home runs in the first round, then 10 in a tight round robin definition that had to go through review, and finally scored another 12 in the grand final, where he faced the also big league Jackson Chourio, who barely managed 6.
Suárez, the clear favorite of the public at the “Simón Bolívar” Monumental Stadium for his big league career and after having hit two home runs against Navegantes del Magallanes during his debut this season in the LVBP, becomes the second player for the Leones del Caracas who wins the Home Run Festival title, only behind Bob Abreu who won it in 2009.
“Thanks to my wife and my daughter, for the first time they have come to see me participate in a Home Run Derby and what better way than to go with the victory. Thanks to all my people from Caracas, from Leones, to all my fans of Venezuela“Thank you,” Suárez said after the competition to applause. “It is spectacular, after a long time, to be able to achieve this goal set for me together with my family of being the winner of the Pepsi Home Run Festival.”
The other six names that were present at the Home Run Festival were Renato Núñez, Andrés Chaparro, José Altuve, Luisangel Acuña, Moisés Gómez and William Contreras. Precisely, the latter was the first rival that Geno left behind.
