Mike Easler loses a grandslam but sox still prevail 13-6

On September 5, 1985 — Boston Red Sox first two batters – Dwight Evans and Wade Boggs – crack homers off Cleveland Indian’s Neal Heaton in Boston’s 13 – 6 win in game 1 of a twin bill. Evans adds another home run to back Oil Can Boyd’s first win in seven weeks.

Despite the win, Boston’s Mike Easler lost what would have been his third grand slam in 6 days in Fenway Park. The ball was hit off Heaton after an intentional walk. It hit off the light tower above Fenway’s fabled left field wall but umpire Ted Hendry ruled it in play; Hendry was part of a three man crew that night. Indians’ left fielder Joe Carter said that the ball clearly left the yard, but Easler ended with a double and 3 RBI.

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6/6/1937(2): Joe Medwick of the Cardinals lost a homer in the second game of a doubleheader against the Phillies in Philadelphia. He had hit what would have been his tenth homer of the season in the first inning and St. Louis was leading 8-2 in the top of the fourth. An 88 minute rain delay in the first game delayed the start of game two and the 7 o’clock closing law was approaching. The Phils started stalling by making unnecessary pitching changes, mound conferences and asking for different balls. Eventually umpire Bill Klem forfeited the game to the Redbirds and all stats were wiped out because the game failed to go five innings. Manager Jimmie Wilson was later fined $100 by Ford Fick for his stalling tactics. Medwick was still able to win the triple-crown in that year even though he tied with Mel Ott with 31 home runs.

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5/11/1988: The Mets were playing at the Astrodome in Houston. In the top of the ninth, Tim Teufel hit a line drive that cleared the fence in left center for an apparent grand slam off Dave Smith to put the Mets ahead. However, it struck the concrete outer wall and came back on the field. The blast was eventually ruled a three-run double, which tied the game and sent it into extra innings. The Mets eventually won it in the tenth, 9-8.

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6/5/1979: Seattle’s Willie Horton hit a towering fly ball in the eighth inning of a game in the Kingdome. The drive, off Detroit’s John Hiller, hit a speaker in left field and became a single. If it had not, it would have been Horton’s 300th home run, which came the next day off Jack Morris.

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