Two grand slams in one game
Posted by Andy on September 26, 2007
I knew there was something I forgot to mention in today's news & notes:
In yesterday's NYY-TBD game, both Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees and Jorge Velandia of the Rays hit grand slams.
So far this season, there have been 132 grand slams (boy, doesn't that seem like a lot?) and there have been 6 games featuring more than 1.
Here are the six games:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
58 1 2007-06-20 Bill Hall MIL SFG Barry Zito tied 0-0 b 1 123 1 3-2 9 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Hart Scores; Hardy Scores; Fielder Scores
59 2 Bengie Molina SFG @MIL Claudio Vargas down 0-6 t 6 123 0 3-1 5 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Winn Scores; Durham Scores; Klesko Scores
90 1 2007-08-10 Marcus Thames DET OAK Joe Blanton down 2-8 b 4 123 1 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Ordonez Scores; Guillen Scores; Casey Scores 91 2 Jack Cust OAK @DET Macay McBride down 8-9 t 6 123 1 1-0 2 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF); Buck Scores; Stewart Scores; Swisher Scores 92 1 2007-08-11 Yuniesky Betancou SEA @CHW Gavin Floyd ahead 3-1 t 4 123 1 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Sexson Scores; Johjima Scores; Lopez Scores 93 2 Josh Fields CHW SEA J.J. Putz down 2-7 b 9 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Hall Scores; Gonzalez Scores; Owens Scores
108 1 2007-08-22(1) Marlon Byrd TEX @BAL Brian Burres ahead 6-3 t 6 123 1 0-1 2 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Catalanotto Scores; Kinsler Scores; Young Scores 109 2 Travis Metcalf TEX @BAL Rob Bell ahead 16-3 t 8 123 0 2-0 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Vazquez Scores; Catalanotto Scores; Kinsler Scores
119 1 2007-09-10 Kurt Suzuki OAK @SEA Horacio Ramirez ahead 1-0 t 2 123 1 0-1 2 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Johnson Scores; Hannahan Scores; Barton Scores 120 2 Dan Johnson OAK @SEA Ryan Rowland-Smi ahead 5-3 t 9 123 2 0-1 2 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Scutaro Scores; Swisher Scores; Ellis Scores
131 1 2007-09-25 Alex Rodriguez NYY @TBD Jason Hammel ahead 1-0 t 3 123 0 0-1 2 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Damon Scores; Jeter Scores; Abreu Scores 132 2 Jorge Velandia TBD NYY Brian Bruney down 2-5 b 6 123 2 0-1 2 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF); Gomes Scores; Norton Scores; Iwamura Scores
Only Texas and Oakland have hit two in the same game, while the four other multi-slam games featured one by each team.
Just for laughs, I checked all the same stats for 2006:
There were, coincidentally, also 132 slams in 2006 (although it's pretty likely that 2007 will finish at somewhere between 133 and 135) with Travis Hafner and Richie Sexson leading the way with 6 and 5, respectively (boy, did both of those guys fall off the table this year or what?)
There were just three games featuring two slams (a two-slam game by the Mets, a Mets/Cards 1-slam-each game, and a Rockies/Braves 1-slam-each game, featuring a slam by possible 2007 MVP Matt Holliday.)