Ray Knight becomes 11th player in NL Histroy to hit two home runs in one inning

On May 13, 1980 — At Riverfront Stadium, Ray Knight of the Cincinnati Reds hits two home runs in the 5th inning – including a grand slam – to lead the Reds to a 15 – 4 rout of the New York Mets. Knight was in an 0-15 slump before the 5th inning.

Only 11 National Leaguers did it before. . .Willie McCovey did it twice (San Francisco, 1973-77) . Nine did it since 1900 Lewis P. Wilson (New York, 1925) , Henry Leiber (New York, 1935), Andy Seminick (Philadelphia, 1949), McCovey, John Boca-bella (Montreal, 1973), Lee May (Houston, 1974) and Andre Dawson (Montreal, 1978).

Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age.

Lets go! Start listening!

Share the Post:

Tom McCraw of the Washington Senators hits one of the shortest home runs in history

May 17, 1971

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees joins the 500-home run club

May 14, 1967

Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player to hit a home run that strikes the center field scoreboard at Wrigley Field.

Hack Wilson hits his 43rd home run tying Chuck Klein’s National League

August 19, 1930

Start Listieng to Classic Baseball Broadcasts (1934 - 1973)

Enjoy our free trial and start listening to games, interviews and shows! Ruth, Mantle, Aaron, and Seaver!

class="wp-singular post-template-default single single-post postid-102884 single-format-standard wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive wp-theme-kadence wp-child-theme-kadence-child logged-out footer-on-bottom hide-focus-outline link-style-standard content-title-style-normal content-width-normal content-style-unboxed content-vertical-padding-show non-transparent-header mobile-non-transparent-header kadence-elementor-colors elementor-default elementor-kit-193430 elementor-page-193959"