Early fireworks in Chicago: Drew Stubbs and the Reds are crushing home runs
Posted by Andy on July 4, 2010
The Reds crushed 7 home runs against the Cubs today, including 3 by Drew Stubbs (as well as single homers by Corky Miller, Brandon Phillips, Jonny Gomes, and Paul Janish.)
Amazingly, the Reds have cornered the market on 7-homer games. They now have the last 4 in MLB:
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008-09-19 | CIN | MIL | W 11-2 | 41 | 40 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2008-07-10 | CIN | CHC | W 12-7 | 48 | 44 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2008-05-07 | CIN | CHC | W 9-0 | 43 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2007-09-11 (1) | TEX | DET | W 13-6 | 46 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2007-07-31 | NYY | CHW | W 16-3 | 44 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
The Cubs have been brutalized in 3 of those games.
July 4th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
The Cubs have also cornered the market it allowing 7 HR, having been victims to three of the Reds' last four assaults.
July 4th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I am a Reds fan. Can we schedule it to have Cincinnati play the Cubs 150 times a year?
July 4th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Wow. How many 8-hole hitters have ever hit multi homers in a game?
July 4th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Speaking of the Reds, how on earth did Joey Votto not get selected for the All-Star game? Ryan Howard gets in ahead of him? I sure hope Votto wins the final-man vote; if not, this will go down as one of the worst All-Star snubs ever.
July 4th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
It looks like it was only 3 times for the Cubs. The 4th was the South Siders.
July 4th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
How many 8-hole hitters have ever hit multi homers in a game?
I'm not a subscriber so I can't post a full list, but according to the non-subscriber summary the Play Index contains 529 instances of No. 8 hitters with two or more homers in a game. There have been eight such events so far in 2010, including a three-homer game by Toronto's John Buck in a late-April game against Oakland.
So it's not especially rare.
July 4th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
In answer to #3
I don't know about other # 8 hitters getting 3 homers, but what about a # 9 hitter?
In the ALCS Post Season game 5 on October 13 vs Minnesota Twins, Adam Kennedy hit 3 homers from the # 9 batter slot.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA200210130.shtml
July 4th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
[...] Andy's post from earlier today, Gonzo raised the question about Drew Stubbs hitting three home runs from the 8 hole in the line-up. [...]