Geoff Jenkins Stats & Facts
Geoff Jenkins Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R 73 Weight: 205 Born: Sunday, July 21, 1974 in Olympia, WA USA Died: in , Debut: 4/24/1998 Last Game: 9/28/2008 Full Name: Geoffrey Scott Jenkins
Geoff Jenkins Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R 73 Weight: 205 Born: Sunday, July 21, 1974 in Olympia, WA USA Died: in , Debut: 4/24/1998 Last Game: 9/28/2008 Full Name: Geoffrey Scott Jenkins
Geoff Jenkins hits two home runs, tying a major league record with five home runs in two games to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10 – 0 victory over the Montreal Expos. Jenkins is the 22nd player in major league history to hit five homers in two games and the first National League player to do it in 10 years.
With his team ahead 7-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases full of Brewers and two outs, Cubs’ outfielder Brant Brown drops Geoff Jenkins’s routine long fly ball to left field, allowing three runs to score, giving Milwaukee an 8-7 walk-off win at County Stadium. The infamous error became will be immortalized by Ron Santo’s radio call when the broadcaster mournfully exclaims, “Nooooooooo!!!!!” as the ball rolls toward the ivy-covered wall.
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