The White Sox hit seven homers while joining a historically rare club
Only the Tigers have ever lost a game while smacking seven home runs, and they did it twice
By
Mike Axisa
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If you were in attendance at U.S. Cellular Field on Saturday, you saw a lot a lot of offensive fireworks. The White Sox and Blue Jays combined to hit eight home runs on the afternoon. The hometown White Sox hit seven of the eight.
Included in those seven homers were back-to-back-to-back blasts by Brett Lawrie, Dioner Navarro, and J.B. Shuck. They pulled it off in the second inning, and check this out: Lawrie's was an inside-the-parker.
Here's the video:
Tim Anderson, Adam Eaton and Alex Avila joined Lawrie, Navarro and Shuck as Chicago's home run hitters. Lawrie went deep twice.
That's pretty incredible. You know what else is incredible? The White Sox hit those seven homers Saturday afternoon and still lost the game. The Blue Jays walked away with a 10-8 win (box score).
How often has a team hit seven home runs in a loss, you ask? Well, rarely.
This is only the third time it's happened, and the White Sox are only the second team to do it. The Tigers have done it twice previously. Here are the other instances:
- May 28, 1995: Chad Curtis (2), Cecil Fielder (2), Kirk Gibson (2) and Lou Whitaker homer in Detroit's 14-12 loss to the White Sox. Here's the box score.
- Aug. 8, 2004: Ivan Rodriguez (2), Eric Munson (2), Craig Monroe, Carlos Pena and Delmon Young go deep in Detroit's 11-9 loss to the Red Sox. Here's the box score.
So the White Sox made history Saturday. Dubious history, but history nonetheless. Only three times in history has a team managed to lose despite hitting seven (!) home runs. The Tigers now have company in this unfortunate club.
