On June 18, 1975, At Tiger Stadium 23-year-old center fielder Boston Red Sox rookie Fred Lynn drives in 10 runs, helping the Boston Red Sox to a 15-1 demolition of the Detroit Tigers. In the opening inning, the left-handed batting Lynn drilled a three-run homer off Joe Coleman. The next inning, he blasted another home…
In an 18-8 rout of the Cubs, the Dodgers collect 24 hits and set a club record with 48 total bases, including Davey Lopes’ three home runs, double, and single. The Dodger second baseman’s 15 total bases are the most ever for a leadoff hitter.
On July 13, 1973, Bobby Murcer of the New York Yankees hits three home runs against the Kansas City Royals starter Gene Garder. The Yankees’ center fielder drives in all of New York’s runs in a 5-0 win over the Royals. Mel Stottlemyre scatters six hits in racking up his 39th shutout. Murcer will not hit another…
1971 – Willie Stargell hits three home runs, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10 – 2 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Stargell, who also hit three home runs against Atlanta on April 10th, will set a major league record – since broken – for the most home runs in April with eleven.
On July 26, 1970, Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hits three consecutive home runs and collect seven RBIs in games against the St. Louis Cardinals, Bench hits all three off Steve Carlton and adds a single in the Reds’ 12 – 5 win over the Cards. Bench now has 33 homers and 95 RBIs…
Johnny Bench of the Reds and Orlando Cepeda of the Braves each collect three consecutive homers and seven RBIs during respective games with the Cardinals and Cubs. Bench hits all three off Steve Carlton and adds a single in the Reds’ 12 – 5 win over the Cards. Bench now has 33 homers and 95 RBIs to lead the majors. Cepeda collects his seven RBIs in the Braves’ 8 – 3 win over the Cubs in game 1. His first two are solo shots, and the third follows an intentional walk to Hank Aaron to load the bases. His last RBI comes on a single in the 9th. In the nitecap of the twinbill, Cepeda has three hits but the Cubs win, 7 – 6. Glenn Beckert, 2 for 3 in the opener, raps five straight hits in game two to lead Chicago.
Cleveland’s Tony Horton hits 3 home runs versus New York‚ but the Yankees win anyway, 8 – 7, in 11 innings.
Using five homers, the Braves thrash the Phils, 6 – 3, in the first game of a twinbill. Felipe Alou and Hank Aaron homer and Bob Tillman, hitting .187, hits three in a row. Aaron’s blast is the 537th of his career and moves him past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list. The Phils win the nitecap, 4 – 3. Dick Allen homers in the 2nd inning and follows a Johnny Callison homer in the 8th with his second shot of the game.
On July 2, 1969, Reggie Jackson Oakland A’s slugger, hits three homers against the Seattle Pilots. It was Jackson’s eighth multi-homer game of the season, giving him 33 home runs in 71 games. He would finish the season with a career-high 47 homers. All three of Jackson’s home runs are solo shots, 2 coming off…
On June 11, 1969 Red Sox outfielder Joe Lahoud hitting .083 bangs out three homers to help beat Minnesota‚ 13 – 5. Lahoud’s efforts cure Tony Conigliaro’s neck ailment and Lahoud will be back on the bench for the game on the 13th against Oakland as Tony C returns to the lineup. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
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