Mookie Betts makes MLB history as home runs keep coming
That's five homers in two games.
The Mookie Betts power surge continues.
After hitting three home runs against the Orioles on Tuesday, Betts homered in his first two trips to the plate at Camden Yards on Wednesday. With his prodigious output across two games, the Red Sox’ 23-year-old right fielder made Major League Baseball history.
.@mookiebetts is the first player in @MLB history to homer in each of the first two innings of consecutive games. pic.twitter.com/Qx48Tj5bqF
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 2, 2016
More history for @mookiebetts: He’s the first leadoff hitter EVER to homer five times in two games. pic.twitter.com/p1w4NIdjU9
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 2, 2016
For the second night in a row, Betts began his night with a leadoff home run. After depositing the second pitch he saw on Tuesday over the center-field wall, he sent the second pitch he saw on Wednesday over the wall in right-center field.
Mookie Betts is the first Red Sox player to lead off consecutive games with a HR since Mike Aviles from May 19-20, 2012 at Philadelphia.
— J.P. Long (@SoxNotes) June 1, 2016
“You have got to be kidding me!” https://t.co/rdNtBlQDB1
#YaBettsBelieve #RedSox pic.twitter.com/KCDxn00eVY— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 1, 2016
For the second night in a row, Betts also homered in the second inning during his second at-bat of the night. With Boston trailing Baltimore, 4-3, in the second on Wednesday, Betts’ solo shot to left-center field tied the game, briefly.
Come at Mookie, you best not miss: https://t.co/pWOEkeUvBR #RedSox #YaBettsBelievehttps://t.co/PFvPkunLIG
— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 2, 2016
The dugout isn’t tired of the @mookiebetts bombs!#YaBettsBelieve 💥 pic.twitter.com/0XTaQNYM1O
— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 1, 2016
On Tuesday, Betts’ five RBI lifted the Red Sox to a 6-2 win. On Wednesday, his two homers — and the three by his teammates — were not enough to overcome shaky Boston pitching in a 13-9 loss.
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