This Day In Baseball
History: April 21, 1994
It was on this date in 1994 that
Cleveland Indians designated hitter, Eddie Murray, set the Major League record
when he homered from both sides of the plate during a game for the 11th
time. The previous record had been ten, set by Mickey Mantle.
The game took place against the
Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome and Murray wasted no time in hitting his first
home run of the game (from the left side) taking Twins’ starter deep in the top
of the first inning with two runners on, giving Cleveland a 3-0 lead. The two
teams battled back-and-forth and the score was tied at five heading to the top
of the seventh.
With a runner on first, and
left-handed pitcher Larry Casian on the mound for the Twins, Murray drilled the
ball over the left-centre field wall (from the right side of the plate) to set
the record. The Indians led 7-5 and would go on to win the game by a final
score of 10-6. The two home runs were the only hits of the game for Murray in
five at bats.
The record would hold until 2011
when New York Yankees’ first baseman, Mark Teixeira would do it for the twelfth
time, at Fenway Park against the Red Sox on April 16. Teixeira would go on to
accomplish the feat two more times for the new Major League record of 14. This
record was tied by Nick Swisher of the Atlanta Braves on August 22, 2015
against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
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