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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»May 7, 1993:
In a Triple-A game between the Omaha Royals and Oklahoma City 89ers, the Royals explode for four consecutive home runs with two outs in the 8th inning of their 11-4 victory. Karl Rhodes, Terry Shumpert, Russ McGinnis, and Bob Hamelin all connected for Omaha, off Gerald Alexander. After the next batter made the 3rd out, Benny Distefano led off the 9th for Oklahoma City with a homer, making five round-trippers in six batters. The Royals win, 11–4. Only once before in the minors have there been four straight homers hit: for Tulsa (Western League) on July 1, 1923. Lyman Smith, Jocko Conlan, Wes Griffin, and Jim Blakesley hit home runs off Wichita's Karl Black. They were the first four batters of the contest in the opener of a doubleheader.
»April 4, 1994: Cubs OF Tuffy Rhodes becomes 1st National League player to hit three home runs on opening day when he connects off Dwight Gooden at Wrigley Field, but the Mets beat the Cubs 12-8, with Gooden getting the win over Mike Morgan. Tuffy's three home runs are consecutive and he adds a single.
»September 24, 2001:
Former MLer Tuffy Rhodes, playing for the Kintetsu Dragons, hits his 55th homer to tie Sadaharu Oh's Japanese League single season home run record. His homer, off hard-throwing Daisuke Matsuzaka comes at home and gives the Buffaloes a 7–6 win over the Seibu Lions. He'll hit no more as Tuffy will see few good pitches from here on out.
»October 2, 2002:
Alex Cabrera hits his 55th home run of the season, off Osaka reliever Akira Okamoto, to tie the Japanese League record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and matched by Tuffy Rhodes last year. Like Rhodes, Cabrera will see few good pitches for the remaining games.
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