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.
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.
If you're gonna steal my thunder, please steal it accurately. ;)
Sorry.
Corrections are in bold.
I would assume that any three pitch, three homer sequence would be extraordinarily rare.
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