The Walk Off: Marlins, Rockies set surprising homer record
Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.
The Colorado Rockies and Miami Marlins broke a record Monday night that you probably didn’t even know existed. But it’s an interesting one, so let’s talk about.
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The Rockies beat the Marlins 5-3, a game in which every single run came on a solo homer. Since this is baseball and there are records about everything, there are records on this type of thing. Turns out the previous record for a game in which all the runs came on solo homers was five runs. So this is the quite the level up.
And get this: They weren’t even playing in Colorado!
Early in the game, it was obvious something odd was happening. The Marlins hit two homers in the bottom of the first, then Rockies came back and hit three of their own in the top of the second. Here’s the entire scoring summary:
One more interesting note: Giancarlo Stanton, one of the most feared sluggers in the game, hit his first homer since May 24. Yep, it was an odd game all right.
TOP PERFORMERS
• Justin Upton: What a game it was for Upton, who came up huge twice for the Detroit Tigers. In the seventh inning, Upton hit a two-run homer that gave the Tigers a 7-6 lead over the Seattle Mariners. When the game went to extra innings, it was Upton again who saved the day. In the 12th inning, he hit a walk-off homer to give Detroit an 8-7 win.
• Jose Abreu: Elsewhere on the extra-innings grind, the Chicago White Sox triumphed in their battle of the Sox with the Boston Red Sox. And thanks goes to Abreu. With the game tied 1-1 in the 10th, Abreu knocked a two-run double that put Chicago up 3-1, which is how the game would finish.
• Clayton Kershaw: He’s so good that even when he’s not spectacular, he’s better more than most pitchers in the game. On Monday night, Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Washington Nationals by the count of 4-1. Kershaw went seven innings, allowing six hits and a run while striking out eight. He didn’t walk anyone. Kershaw improved to 11-1. His ERA is a tiny 1.57.
MUST-SEE HIGHLIGHT
The solo homer Erik Kratz hit in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1-0 win against the San Francisco Giants was obviously the most important hit in the game, but it was even more entertaining because of Angel Pagan’s attempt to rob the homer. Pagan came very close — so close that he thought he had it — but when he landed and realized he’d dropped the ball, he was fuming. So he punished his glove.
REST OF THE SCOREBOARD
• Rangers 4, Orioles 3: The Rangers, powered by an Ian Desmond homer, win their seventh straight.
• Astros 10, Angels 7: Houston explodes for 10 runs on 15 hits, including homers from Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa.
• Cardinals 3, Cubs 2: A third-inning homer by Jhonny Peralta is the difference here.
• Indians 7, Rays 4: Francisco Lindor hits a go-ahead eighth inning homer, then Juan Uribe follows with a two-run bomb.
• D-backs 3, Phillies 1: Shelby Miller looks solid in his return from the DL, going 6.2 innings and allowing just five hits. It was the seventh straight loss for the Phillies.
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