Once again, it’s time for Trivia(l) Tidbit Tuesday. I hope you are enjoying this weekly presentation of baseball occurrences that for some reason caught The Roundtable’s eye. (I’m particularly fond of unexpected performances and statistical coincidences.) These won’t necessarily be momentous occurrences, just events, statistics or coincidences that grabbed my attention. I’m also drawn to baseball “unicorns,” those one-of-a-kind accomplishments or statistics. Today, we’re looking at a day for the long-ball record books.
On this date (June 10) in 2019, the number 13 proved lucky for the Diamondbacks, but unlucky for the Phillies and their fans. That night, the Diamondbacks topped the first-place Phillies 13-8 (in Philadelphia), dropping the Phillies into a first-place tie with the Braves.
More important for this Tidbit, the two teams combined for still MLB single-game record 13 home runs.
The Diamondbacks set the tone for the day right from the start. Diamondbacks’ leadoff hitter 2B Jarrod Dyson stroked the first pitch of the game (from Jerad Eickhoff) for a home run to deep right. This, of course, tied a record for the earliest homer in an MLB game. The numbers-two and -three hitters (SS Ketel Marte and LF David Peralta) continued the barrage by homering off Eickhoff – tying the record for the most consecutive homers from the start of a game.
During the course of the game, an MLB-record ten players went deep (a record since tied). For Arizona they were: Dyson; Marte; Peralta; 3B Eduardo Escobar (two homers); C Alex Avila; and 2B Ildemaro Vargas (two homers). For Philadelphia, they were: SS Jean Segura; CF Scott Kingery (two homers); 1B Rhys Hoskins; and LF Jay Bruce. The only other time ten players have gone deep in the same MLB game was April 29, 2023, as the Padres topped the Giants 16-11 in San Diego. The long ball smashers in that one for the Padres were: DH Nelson Cruz; LF Juan Soto; SS Xander Bogaerts; RF Fernando Tatis, Jr.; 3B Manny Machado (two homers). For the Giants, they were: SS Brandon Crawford; 1B LaMonte Wade, Jr.; LF Mitch Haniger; C Blake Sabol; and PH-2B David Villar.
A little “one thing always seems to lead to another,” Baseball Roundtable Tidbit: A little extra digging showed that, in that June 10, 2019 game, Phillies’ starter Jack Eickhoff tied an obscure record – the most home runs given up in a game in which every hit surrendered by that pitcher was a home run (five). This could also be a #InBaseballWeCountEverything moment. To date, eight MLB pitchers share this record: Charlie Hough; Mat Latos; Colby Lewis; Ted Lilly; Denny McLain; Steve Stone; Nick Tropeano; and Eickhoff.
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