DENVER -- Giants designated hitter Jorge Soler kicked off Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Rockies at Coors Field with a bang, crushing a 478-foot tank out to center field that ranked as the longest home run of the 2024 season so far, passing Shohei Ohtani's 476-foot shot on June 18, also at Coors Field.

Soler unloaded on a 2-1 sinker from Colorado right-hander Ryan Feltner, sending it halfway up the center-field bleachers to collect his 11th homer of the year and give the Giants an early 1-0 lead. It was the Giants’ second-longest home run since the Statcast era began in 2015, trailing only Alex Dickerson’s 480-foot bomb at Coors Field on Sept. 1, 2020.

The Giants originally planned on using Soler as their everyday cleanup hitter after signing him to a three-year, $42 million deal over the offseason, but they moved him into the leadoff spot after he struggled to produce with runners in scoring position in the first half. Sunday’s blast marked his fourth career leadoff homer and his first since Aug. 18, 2023, against the Dodgers.