It's the first record! What's wrong with MLB this year? This time, for the first time in the 9th inning, a two-homer hitter was born!
May 03, 2025
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This time, for the first time in MLB history, a batter who hit two home runs in one inning alone in the ninth inning appeared. It is Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Green (25).
Green started as the 4th designated hitter against the Los Angeles Angels in the 2025 MLB regular league held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on the 3rd (Korea time) and set the MLB's first record. In the top of the ninth inning, he came to the plate twice and all hit home runs. Detroit, led by Green's amazing home run show, won 9-1 in the top of the ninth inning with eight runs on offense alone.
It was a remarkable game. The two teams were locked 1-1 until the eighth inning. It was a typical pitching game.
In the home team LA Angels, starter Jose Soriano pitched six innings of six hits and no runs. However, bullpen pitcher Ryan Johnson, who took the mound in the top of the seventh inning with a 1-0 lead, allowed a tiebreaking solo home run to Trey Sweeney, allowing one run in one inning. Later, Ryan Zephyrzan allowed no runs in the eighth inning.
Against this, Detroit had a quality start with starter Tarik Skubal allowing four hits and 8K runs in six innings. Skubal pitched well in five scoreless innings after allowing one run in the bottom of the first inning. The bullpen that followed kept the seventh and eighth innings scoreless.
Detroit offense in the top of the ninth inning with a 1-1 tie. Here, the Angels' strongest closer, Kenley Jensen, came out. Jensen, who signed a one-year-$10 million contract as an FA in February, had six saves in eight scoreless innings in eight games this season before the day. Jensen's scoreless streak seemed to continue.
However, Green, who came out as the leadoff hitter, collapsed Jensen. At the ball count 1B1S, the third cutter (92.4 miles per hour) did not miss coming into the middle and pulled it over the right fence. I hit a real pitch properly.
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Case colt, who followed, also hit a back-to-back home run against Jensen. He made it 3-1 with a 398-foot home run over the left-center fence by pushing an outside slider on the third pitch.
But this back-to-back home run was just a prelude to making 'MLB's first record. Jensen continued to crumble. With one out, he struck out Sweeney after Jace Young's right-handed hit, but allowed his third home run with a two-run homer to center off Javier Baez.
Jensen, whose pace completely collapsed, was then hit by Kerry Carpenter and a timely double by Jack McKinstry and eventually left the mound with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. However, the fire Jensen committed did not go out. Jake Ether, a left-hander who then took the mound, called in a runner on third base with a wild pitch, and even Spencer Tolkesson walked to make it two outs and first and third bases.
In this way, the Detroit batter took a single turn and the green came out again at the batter's box. Green swung and missed on Ether's first slider. However, the sweeper (84 miles) on the second pitch was pushed to the middle and hit hard.
The hard hit with a batting speed of 102.7 miles (165.3 kilometers) flew toward the center fence at an angle of 31 degrees. The most ideal home run hit instantly became a 409-foot (124.7-meter) large home run over the central fence. As a result, Green hit a solo home run and a three-run home run, respectively, with consecutive at-bats in the top of the ninth inning. It was Green's seventh and eighth home runs of the season.
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Of course, there have been several players who have hit two home runs in one inning before. According to MLB.COM, Al Kaline, who died in 2020 among all Detroit players, hit a home run in a row in the sixth inning against the Kansas City Aces on April 18, 1955. Then, before the Athletics on August 13, 2007, McClio O'Donnez hit a home run in two consecutive at-bats.
However, Green was the first in history to hit consecutive home runs in the ninth inning, the last of the regular innings.
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In the game against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 30, the New York Yankees set a record of 'the first time in Major League history' when the first to third batters hit consecutive first-pitch home runs in the first inning. In an away game against Baltimore on April 30, he also hit a home run for three consecutive batters in the top of the first inning. MLB.COM said at the time that it was the first time in history that the New York Yankees hit three consecutive home runs in the first inning twice in a season.
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With this, Atlanta became a team that won even after being hit by four home runs in a game by one batter from the other team. It was the third real record in major league history and the second since the 20th century. In addition, Suarez will also be listed in history as the third hitter in Major League history to win even after hitting four home runs in a game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
