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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	69	46	.6	C1
2	Philadelphia	62	51	.549	E1
3	Arizona	59	55	.518	W1
4	Milwaukee	64	51	.557	C2
5	St. Louis	64	52	.552	C3
6	Florida	60	54	.526	E2
7	New York Mets	59	54	.522	E3
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	56	57	.496	W2
9	Houston	54	59	.478	C4
10T	Pittsburgh	52	62	.456	C5
10T	Atlanta	52	62	.456	E4
12T	Colorado	52	63	.452	W3
12T	Cincinnati	52	63	.452	C6
14	San Francisco	48	65	.425	W4
15	San Diego	44	70	.386	W5
16	Washington	42	71	.372	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	71	43	.623	W1
2	Tampa Bay	68	45	.602	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	63	49	.563	C1
4	Boston	66	49	.574	E2
5	Minnesota	63	51	.553	C2
6	New York Yankees	62	52	.544	E3
7	Texas	60	55	.522	W2
8	Toronto	58	56	.509	E4
9	Detroit	55	58	.487	C3
10	Baltimore	54	59	.478	E5
11	Oakland	53	60	.469	W3
12	Kansas City	53	62	.461	C4
13	Cleveland	49	64	.434	C5
14	Seattle	44	70	.386	W4

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Just a regular day in baseball

2006-04-15 14:44

by Bob Timmermann

Stealing a bit of Catfish Stew's thunder, but this has been the recent stream of events in Oakland for the game between Texas and Oakland.

Two outs in the top of sixth:
Phil Nevin hits a three-run homer to put Texas up 4-2.
Hank Blalock pops up to end the inning.
Then...
Eric Chavez homers on Vicente Padilla's first pitch. Texas 4, Oakland 3

Frank Thomas homers on the first pitch. Game tied 4-4

Milton Bradley homers on the first pitch. Oakland 5, Texas 4

Buck Showalter brought in a relief pitcher after that.

Update, according to the AP story:

The last time a team homered on three straight pitches was Sept. 29, 2001, when Fred McGriff, Rondell White and Todd Hundley did it for the Cubs against Houston's Dave Mlicki at Wrigley Field, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

I checked newspaper accounts of that day and that appears to be true.

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Comments

2006-04-15 14:58:51

1. al bundy

So how many times has that happened on 3 straight pitches?

2006-04-15 14:58:54

2. Ken Arneson

Correction: Chavez made it 4-3, Thomas tied it, and Bradley put the A's ahead, 5-4.

If you're gonna steal my thunder, please steal it accurately. ;)

2006-04-15 15:01:03

3. Bob Timmermann

The Gameday operator was asleep at the switch I guess.

Sorry.

Corrections are in bold.

2006-04-15 15:22:59

4. Ken Arneson

They just said on the A's broadcast that three-pitches-three-homers happened four times in 2005.

2006-04-15 15:24:53

5. al bundy

I'm in the same boat as the A's play by play announcer. "I woulda thought it was much much much more rare than that."

2006-04-15 15:25:58

6. Ken Arneson

Oops, and now they're taking it back.

2006-04-15 15:33:25

7. Bob Timmermann

I'm sure David Vincent is on the case.

I would assume that any three pitch, three homer sequence would be extraordinarily rare.

2006-04-15 15:36:32

8. das411

Ahhh, Vicente "Addition by Subtraction" Padilla...was this game in the ginormous Raider Stadium or in the Bandbox At Arlington?

2006-04-15 15:42:36

9. Bob Timmermann

The game was in Oakland.

2006-04-15 16:09:43

10. grandcosmo

Somewhere Jayson Stark is smiling.

2006-04-15 16:11:05

11. Bob Timmermann

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B09290CHN2001.htm

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