SEATTLE — Anthony Santander has a photographic memory. Especially when it comes to his home runs.

Ask him to recall the first of two career homers he hit off Seattle Mariners’ right-hander George Kirby and a grin flashes across Santander’s face.

“It was a battle,” Santander said.

Back in June 2022, when Santander was playing for the Baltimore Orioles, he faced Kirby during the right-hander’s rookie season. Santander immediately went down 0-2 in the count and then engaged in an epic duel with Kirby.

He fouled off eight of the next nine pitches, with neither him nor Kirby refusing to budge. Finally, though, the switch-hitter wore out his opponent on the 12th pitch of the at-bat.

“He left me a cookie right in the middle and I hit it out,” said Santander of his near 400-foot home run that

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