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Baseball Musings
April 22, 2007
Going for the Autos

Manny Ramirez chaes a Wright pitch over the Green Monster seats to cut the Yankees lead to 3-1. It was certainly a monster shot. Drew parks one into the triangle seats in center on a hanging curve, and the solo shots bring the Red Sox within one run. The Lowell hits it higher and farther than Manny, blasting a high arching ball over the monster seats to tie the game. Three in a row for the Red Sox tie the game. Not a great inning for Chase Wright.

Update: Varitek makes it four in a row, but he doesn't clear the Monster seats. He just reaches the top row. Amazing. We'll see if Pena can make it five.

Update: Pena strikes out to end the inning. ESPN reports four in a row is a record for the Red Sox.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:15 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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...and THAT'S why you wait for the inning to end before writing your posts, David.

Jaysus Christ. I feel sorry for Wright.

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 22, 2007 09:22 PM

According to WFAN, this has only happened five times before in baseball history.

Posted by: Hudson at April 22, 2007 09:35 PM

I know one of them was last year when the Dodgers went B2B2B2B against the Padres, but that was three different pitchers, IIRC. This one happened so fast it was mind-boggling.

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 22, 2007 09:40 PM

I doubt Lowell's was farther than Manny's. The Monster sort of runs parallel to the first base line, and it quickly gets deep as it moves towards center field. I'll be interested in checking hittrackeronline.com tomorrow to see what they have to say. Also, I think one of the announcers mentioned a strong wind blowing out to left a couple innings earler. Hittracker should note what kind of impact that has had on the HRs, though I'd imagine Varitek's is the only one that might not have gone out without the tailwind.

Posted by: Mike at April 22, 2007 09:47 PM

ESPN also relates that this is only the second time in history that one pitcher has given up all four--and Terry Francona's dad was involved in the other time! There's irony, especially, seeing it's Terry's birthday.

Posted by: Matt Mackey at April 22, 2007 10:05 PM

And JD Drew was involved in the Dodgers' streak last year. I wonder if he's the only player to ever hit in 2 of those.

Posted by: the other josh at April 22, 2007 10:12 PM

There were only two pitchers in last year's Dodgers/Padres contest (Retrosheet), Jon Adkins and Trevor Hoffman. Drew hit the second homer in both games.

Posted by: Rob McMillin at April 22, 2007 11:54 PM

Thanks for the correction Rob. What made the Dodgers' feat more impressive was that it came in the bottom of the 9th when they were down by four runs. They hit four consecutive homers to tie the game in their last shot! And then when the Padres got a run in the top of the 10th, Nomar Garciaparra clocks a walk-off 2-HR. My memory might be failing me (obviously I botched the # of pitchers), but I remember Vin Scully being fairly dumbstruck as it all went down, especially after Garciaparra's final walk-off.

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 23, 2007 12:04 AM

Jeff B. - I've read that the Dodgers did it in seven pitches (first-pitch swinging by all except Drew; he hit the fourth pitch out); the Red Sox took ten.

I'm amazed that the Dodgers tied the game on those four HRs; I'm even more amazed that the Padres came back to score a run in the top of the tenth, and I'm absolutely flabbergasted that Garciaparra capped the game with that walk-off.

Posted by: Chris at April 23, 2007 10:16 AM

About the only thing comparable I can imagine for a pitcher would be the twin grand slams Fernando Tatis hit off of Chan Ho Park.

Four homers in a row is amazing no matter how you slice it, but that Dodgers game was one of the most astonishing finishes to a gaem I'd ever seen (heard, actually; I was listening to it on the radio).

Posted by: Adam Villani at April 23, 2007 01:31 PM
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