Red Sox Bats Go Nuts

Published: April 23, 2007, 5:04 pm

Tags: 4 straight homers, red sox, chase wright, j d drew

So last night the Red Sox decided to go insane and hit four consecutive homeruns in the 3rd inning of their win vs. the Yankees last night. The Yankee's starter, Chase Wright, was only making his second career MLB start. He had a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 3rd inning; and then within a 10-pitch span, he had given up four straight bombs and lost his team's early lead.Manny Ramirez started the party with an absolute bomb to left-center field that left the entire park. J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell homered in the middle of the fun and Jason Varitek capped it off with a solo-shot to left field. The back-to-back-to-back-to-back homerun marked only the 5th time in history where it has happened. The other four occurences are:Milwaukee Braves vs. Cincinnati on June 8th, 1961 -(Eddie Matthews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas)Cleveland Indians vs. L.A. Angels on July 31st, 1963 -(Woody Held, Pedor Ramos, Tito Francona and Larry BrownMinnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals on

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