L.A. Dodgers Hit 4 Consecutive Homers in 9th, Defeat Padres in 10th…
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On Monday, September 18, 2006, the L.A. Dodgers and San Diego Padres played a wild but memorable game at Dodger Stadium.
For 8 innings, it was a close, but ordinary game with San diego leading after 8 by a 6-5 score. The Padres struck in the 1st inning for 4 runs and the Dodgers worked through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd innings to knot the score at 4-4.
The game remained tied at 4 until the Padres broke through with 2 in the 8th and the Dodgers got 1 back in the bottom of the 8th.
In the San Diego 9th inning, the Padres went ahead scoring 3 runs on Dodger rookie reliever Takashi Saito (5-2, 2.28 ERA, S19) as 1 run scored on a Saito wild pitch, another run scored on a sacrifice fly to centerfield by shortstop Geoff Blum (4 HRs, 30 RBIs, .260 BA) and 2nd baseman Jesse Barfield (12 HRs, 55 RBIs, .282 BA) singled in the 3rd run. Going into the Dodgers 9th inning, the Padres held a 9-5 lead.
The Padres put in reliever Jon Adkins (2-1, 3.51 ERA) to finish the game, but it was not to be.
2nd baseman Jeff Kent (14 HRs, 67 RBIs, .288 BA) led off the inning for the Dodgers with a solo blast to centerfielder as did the next hitter, rightfielder J.D. Drew (17 hrs, 88 RBIs, .276 BA) whose homer was to rightfield. That was it for Adkins. Padres closer Trevor Hoffman (0-2, 2.09 ERA, S39) relieved Adkins. Both catcher Russell Martin (10 HRs, 59 RBIs, .286 BA) and former Phillie, leftfielder Marlon Anderson (9 HRs, 30 RBIs, .295 BA) solo homered off of Hoffman on 2 consecutive pitches. Martin’s shot was to leftfield and Anderson’s shot was to rightfield, his 2nd homer of the game, the other also a solo shot in the 2nd inning. And so, 4 hitters for the Dodgers, 4 consecutive homers. The feat had only been duplicated only 3 other times in Major league history;
- June 8, 1961; Milwaukee vs Cincinnati, 7th inning
- Cleveland vs Los Angeles Angels, July 31, 1963, 2nd game, 6th inning
- The most recent instance; Minnesota vs Kansas City, May 2, 1964, 11th inning
(Source: Sporting News — Complete Baseball Record Book; Most Consecutive Home Runs, Inning)
And so, the game went into extra innings tied at 9-9.
Catcher Josh Bard (7 HRs, 35 RBIs, .319 BA) put San Diego up in the 10th by 10-9 with a 2 out RBI single off of reliever Aaron Sele (8-6). But in the Dodger 10th, another former Phillie, centerfielder Kenny Lofton (2 HRs, 36 RBIs, .302 BA) led off with a walk from Padres reliever Rudy Seanez (3-3).
1st baseman Nomar Garciaparra (18 HRs, 84 RBIs, .305 BA) followed with a dramatic 2 run walk-off home run off of losing pitcher Seanez to win the game for the Dodgers by an 11-10 score. Sele, who gave up the Padres run in the top of the 10th, was awarded the win.
For a full recap including box scores and play-by-play on Monday’s Dodgers, Padres game, click here.
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