Boston’s Ellis Burks homers twice in an 8-run 4th inning of a 12 – 4 pasting of Cleveland. It is only the second time a Sox hitter has homered twice in an inning (Bill Regan, on June 16, 1928, was the first). Burks has five RBIs to back Mike Boddicker’s win. Boddicker holds the Tribe scoreless through six frames.

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On August 27, 1990 — Boston’s Ellis Burks homers twice in an 8-run 4th inning of a 12 – 4 pasting of Cleveland. It is only the second time a Sox hitter has homered twice in an inning (Bill Regan, on June 16, 1928, was the first). Burks has five RBIs to back Mike Boddicker’s win. Boddicker holds the Tribe scoreless through six frames.

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