After belting a 14th-inning homer on August 17th off the Browns’ Jack Powell, A’s pitcher Jack Coombs hits another extra-inning round tripper, this time in the 11th off the Tigers’ Ralph Works. Coombs’s homer is the last one hit at Detroit’s Bennett Park. Among major league pitchers, only Dizzy Dean will hit two extra-inning homers.

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On August 29, 1911 — After belting a 14th-inning homer on August 17th off the Browns’ Jack Powell, A’s pitcher Jack Coombs hits another extra-inning round tripper, this time in the 11th off the Tigers’ Ralph Works. Coombs’s homer is the last one hit at Detroit’s Bennett Park. Among major league pitchers, only Dizzy Dean will hit two extra-inning homers.