FIVE EXTRA BASE HITS IN A GAME<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n On September 3, Indians’ 2B Jose Ramirez<\/strong> tied a an MLB record \u2013 with a little help from his “friends”<\/em> \u2013 by collecting five extra-base hits in a single game. As the Indians topped the Tigers 11-1 in Detroit, Ramirez collected two home runs and three doubles.\u00a0 A couple of interesting tidbits about those homers: 1) Ramirez hit one from each side of the plate (the third time he has accomplished that this year; 2) Both home runs were assisted by outfielders (hand\/glove) before falling in for four-base hits.<\/p>\n His first home run, in the opening inning, was to left, where Tigers’ LF Mike Mahtook was ready to play the ball off the wall. Ramirez\u2019 smash hit the top of the wall and bounced twice before rebounding toward the field. Mahtook jumped up, attempting to snag the ball with his bare hand \u2013 except, instead of cleaning snatching the horsehide, Mahtook bumped\/bounced it over the fence.\u00a0 Then in the sixth inning, Ramirez hit a long line drive to right field, where Tigers\u2019 RF Alex Pressley jumped to make the catch, only to have the ball bounce off his glove, into the stands and back onto the field for another home run.\u00a0 Ramirez ended the day five-for-five, with three runs scored and five driven in. As of September 4, he was .310-23-69 on the season (leading theleague in extra-base hits) \u2013 his fifth MLB campaign. The big day made Ramirez just the 13th<\/sup> player to record five extra-base hits in a game, the details on the other twelve are listed later in this post.<\/p>\n