Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr snaps home run drought with thunderous dinger: 'About f---ing time'

San Diego Padres prima Fernando Tatis Jr. is 1 of the astir talented players successful MLB and his location tally drought was astir arsenic unthinkable arsenic his play connected the field.

Tatis astir apt doesn’t deliberation so, but going 207 at-bats without a dinger, astatine his caliber, was thing to behold. With each transportation helium saw, fans ne'er knew which propulsion could beryllium launched into the seats. It yet came Saturday against the Washington Nationals.

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San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. hits a location tally during the 5th inning against the Washington Nationals successful Washington connected May 30, 2026. (Daniel Kucin Jr./AP)

The Padres 2nd baseman launched a solo location tally disconnected Nationals starter Foster Griffin 451 feet. He finished the time 2-for-5 with an RBI.

"I conscionable knew close away," helium said. "About f---ing time."

Tatis’ 55-game homerless streak to commencement the play was the second-most ever who deed 40 oregon much location runs successful a azygous season, lone down Boston Red Sox fable Carl Yastrzemski’s 57-game streak successful 1972, according to MLB.com.

He received a joyous invited aft helium rounded the bases and went backmost into the dugout. It was his archetypal location tally since Sept. 27 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. celebrates aft hitting a location tally during the 5th inning against the Washington Nationals successful Washington connected May 30, 2026. (Daniel Kucin Jr./AP)

"There's nary disconnected days implicit present man," Tatis said. "This crippled volition find a mode however to inactive punish you."

Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts believed Tatis volition get immoderate amended slumber now.

"Bet you he'll slumber a small amended tonight, knowing that helium has a small ‘one’ connected his numbers. He has a batch successful his career, but it's different," helium said. "Everyone knows what the woody is here. Everyone knows helium has zero, truthful I deliberation getting that benignant of unit disconnected his backmost is nice."

Washington, however, picked up a 9-4 win.

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. celebrates with teammates aft hitting a location tally successful the 5th inning against the Washington Nationals successful Washington connected May 30, 2026. (Daniel Kucin Jr./AP)

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The three-time All-Star is hitting .271 with a .670 OPS, six doubles, a triple and a location run.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.