["batterName | Mauer's", 'homeRunNumber | second', 'matchDate | May_1', 'pitchResult | homer', 'pitchResult | solo_shot', 'strikeTrajectory | opposite-field', 'strikingType | drive']
Mauer's homer was just his second this season, following a solo shot on May 1, and he hit the opposite-field drive despite being ill.