Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Braves second team to open game with three HRs
ATLANTA (AP) -- This was about as rare as it gets in baseball.
An unassisted triple play? Nah, there's been 11 of those. A perfect game? Not even close. That's been done a whopping 14 times.
The Atlanta Braves became only the second team in major league history to start a game with three straight homers and went on to a 15-3 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.
Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs off Cincinnati's Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first.
The only other team to start a game with three straight homers was the San Diego Padres. Marvelle Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk pulled off the feat against San Francisco on April 13, 1987.
Before the inning was done, Javy Lopez hit another homer, a two-run shot that knocked Austin out of the game. The Braves tied the franchise record for most homers in an inning.
read more ¶ 5/28/2003 09:58:00 PM
ATLANTA (AP) -- This was about as rare as it gets in baseball.
An unassisted triple play? Nah, there's been 11 of those. A perfect game? Not even close. That's been done a whopping 14 times.
The Atlanta Braves became only the second team in major league history to start a game with three straight homers and went on to a 15-3 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night.
Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs off Cincinnati's Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first.
The only other team to start a game with three straight homers was the San Diego Padres. Marvelle Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk pulled off the feat against San Francisco on April 13, 1987.
Before the inning was done, Javy Lopez hit another homer, a two-run shot that knocked Austin out of the game. The Braves tied the franchise record for most homers in an inning.
read more ¶ 5/28/2003 09:58:00 PM
