Red Sox Bats Go Nuts

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 Brown
Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals on May 2nd, 1964
(Tony Olivia, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall, Harmon Killebrew)
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres on Sept. 18th, 2006
(Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin, Marlon Anderson)

Two names that stand out on that list include J.D. Drew and Tito Francona. J.D. Drew became the only player in MLB history to be involved in this amazing feat two separate times. Tito Francona is the father of current Red Sox manager, Terry Francona.

Anyway, enough with the history lesson. Here's the video if you stuck around long enough. Enjoy!