**Listen to Austin Hays's Second Home Run on Reds and Mets Television and Radio**

ST.LUKE'S, OHIO – The buzz wasn't just about the interleague series matchup between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets trickling down from Great American Ball Park on Friday night. It was amplified dramatically, punctuated by a soaring home run that silenced the crowd and sparked an immediate replay reverberation across regional and national broadcasts.

Austin Hays, the streaking center fielder for Cincinnati, ignited the visiting team's offensive showcase in the top of the sixth inning. Facing a left-handed pitcher from the Mets, a batter-by-batter defensive shift was in play. With runners on and a crucial run already charged to the scoreboard, Hays batted the pitcher's pitch into the stratosphere. The ball, hit with authority off the barrel of his bat, ascended not merely towards the ballpark's upper deck in left-centerfield but apparently climbed to rarefied air beyond the reach of even the highest electronic tracking systems. "Well, that's one for the record books, maybe," one analyst quipped on the flagship Reds radio call, his voice filled with the slightly contrite amazement that often marks broadcasters watching a player break a statistical barrier at their earliest call.

The confirmed call of the hit was an inside-the-park home run, landing in the perfect pocket deeper in the left field bleachers – a run that Hays had driven himself around on just his second attempt at doing so this season. It sparked yet another significant entry into the MLB home run leaders list for the year, showcasing the potent blend of gap-toothed power and fearless running that defines his game. This wasn't just his second career home run of the year, occurring mere weeks after his first; this particular at-bat and ensuing trajectory felt monumentally different, a statement swing carrying the weight not just of five-run scoring potential but possibly longevity in the record column. The MLB home run leaderboard doesn't sleep, particularly during the crucial second half of a pennant race, and adding another hitter to its top echelon is rarely done without ceremony, especially when the display is as breathtaking as Hays’s mammoth drive, a rocket sailing towards the distant 2023 MLB home run record.

Puckett Ford broke in just five home runs behind Hays entering the night. With his potential new teammate Gary Cohen also in the conversation grid, the difference between a long multi-run inning and the club's perennial MVP candidate was getting closer by the swing. Play-by-play announcer Gary Hughes on Mets TV expertly slowed down the broadcast, meticulously tracing the flight path frame-by-frame, lauding the bat path and the ensuing sprint that covered essentially half the field. Reds reporter Suzyn Siray delivered the necessary vibrant detail for the radio audience, painting a picture so vivid listeners could almost feel the pocket's cold wind and see the vibrant green of the warning track marking the boundary. Network television graphics immediately dropped a large composite boxscore highlight box featuring the filename of the play and eerie simulated stadium rumbles emanating from the speakers – a ubiquitous but necessary bridge between the baseball purist and the broadcast viewer seeking visual proof of feats played in person. It was a classic pumped broadcast moment, companion content designed specifically to enhance fan viewing experience whether they were there or watching from across the country.