Matt Stairs sets the career record for pinch-hit home runs when he goes deep off Ernesto Frieri in the eighth inning of a 6-5 loss in Milwaukee. The two-run shot over the Miller Park right field fence, his twenty-first round-tripper coming off the bench, moves the premier pinch-hitter ahead of Cliff Johnson.
2001Ā āĀ Shawon DunstonĀ hits theĀ GiantsāĀ 14th pinch home run of the season to tie theĀ DiamondbacksĀ for the big league record. San Francisco defeatsĀ Colorado, 7 ā 3.
In theĀ RedsāĀ 7 ā 3 loss to theĀ Giants,Ā Ken Griffey Jr.Ā pinch-hits his 400th home run. He is the first to reach the mark with a pinch hit.Ā Livan HernandezĀ is the winner asĀ Barry BondsĀ knocks in a run andĀ Jeff KentĀ adds three hits.
August 19, 1991: In an 8-7 loss to division-rivals Oakland at the Metrodome, Randy Bush got his seventh consecutive pinch-hit dating back to July 5, tying an American League record set in 1981 by the Rangersā Bill Stein. Jose Canseco and Kirby Puckett had traded solo home runs in the first inning. Tied at 7-7ā¦
AtĀ Shea Stadium, theĀ MetsāĀ Rusty StaubĀ homers to become the second player to homer as a teenager and also at the age of 40.Ā Ty CobbĀ is the only other, andĀ Gary SheffieldĀ will match the feat inĀ 2009. Staubās blast, a two-run pinch homer, climaxes a four-run 9th inning as the Mets beatĀ Philly, 6 ā 4.
Cliff Johnson of the Toronto Blue Jays sets a major league record by hitting his 19th career pinch-hit home run
On June 26, 1983, At Shea Stadium, Rusty Staub of the New York Mets ties a major league record by delivering his eighth consecutive pinch-hit. Staubās pinch-hit, which comes in the ninth inning of an 8-4 loss, vs Ron Reed. The hit matches the single-season mark set by the Phillies Dave Philley on September 28,ā¦
PhiladelphiaāsĀ Del UnserĀ homers in his 3rd consecutiveĀ pinch-hitĀ appearance (the prior ones were onĀ June 30thĀ andĀ July 5th) to tie the major-league record set byĀ Lee LacyĀ inĀ 1978. The Phillies beat theĀ Padres, 6 ā 5.
1978Ā āĀ Ken Hendersonās 3-run pinch homer in the 12th paces theĀ RedsĀ to a 6 ā 3 win over theĀ Cardinals.
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