Editing Home run (section)

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When consecutive batters hit home runs, it's referred to as back-to-back home runs. The home runs are still considered back-to-back even if the batters hit their home runs off different pitchers. A third batter hitting a home run is commonly referred to as back-to-back-to-back.

Four home runs in a row have only occurred eleven times in Major League Baseball history. Following convention, this is called back-to-back-to-back-to-back. The most recent occurrence was on July 2, 2022, when the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] hit four in a row against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. [[Nolan Arenado]], [[Nolan Gorman]], [[Juan Yepez]], and [[Dylan Carlson (baseball)|Dylan Carlson]] hit consecutive home runs during the first inning off starting pitcher [[Kyle Gibson]].

On June 9, 2019, the [[Washington Nationals]] hit four in a row against the [[San Diego Padres]] in [[Petco Park]] as [[Howie Kendrick]], [[Trea Turner]], [[Adam Eaton (outfielder)|Adam Eaton]] and [[Anthony Rendon]] homered off pitcher [[Craig Stammen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nationals hit 4 straight homers in San Diego |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/nationals-hit-4-consecutive-home-runs |website=MLB |access-date=9 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Stammen became the fifth pitcher to surrender back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs, following [[Paul Foytack]] on July 31, 1963, [[Chase Wright (baseball)|Chase Wright]] on April 22, 2007, [[Dave Bush]] on August 10, 2010, and [[Michael Blazek]] on July 27, 2017.

On August 14, 2008, the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 9–2. In this game, [[Jim Thome]], [[Paul Konerko]], [[Alexei Ramírez]], and [[Juan Uribe]] hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs in that order. Thome, Konerko, and Ramirez hit their home runs against Joel Peralta, while Uribe did it off Rob Tejeda.

On April 22, 2007, the [[Boston Red Sox]] were trailing the [[New York Yankees]] 3–0 when [[Manny Ramirez]], [[J. D. Drew]], [[Mike Lowell]] and [[Jason Varitek]] hit consecutive home runs to put them up 4–3. They eventually went on to win the game 7–6 after a three-run home run by Mike Lowell in the bottom of the seventh inning. On September 18, 2006, trailing 9–5 to the San Diego Padres in the ninth inning, [[Jeff Kent]], [[J. D. Drew]], [[Russell Martin (baseball)|Russell Martin]], and [[Marlon Anderson]] of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs to tie the game. After giving up a run in the top of the tenth, the Dodgers won the game in the bottom of the tenth, on a walk-off two-run home run by [[Nomar Garciaparra]]. J. D. Drew has been part of two different sets of back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs. In both occurrences, his home run was the second of the four.

On September 30, 1997, in the sixth inning of Game One of the [[American League Division Series]] between the [[New York Yankees]] and [[Cleveland Indians]], [[Tim Raines]], [[Derek Jeter]] and [[Paul O'Neill (baseball)|Paul O'Neill]] hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the Yankees. Raines' home run tied the game. New York went on to win 8–6. This was the first occurrence of three home runs in a row ever in postseason play. The [[Boston Red Sox]] repeated the feat in Game Four of the [[2007 American League Championship Series]], also against the Indians. The Indians returned the favor in Game One of the [[2016 American League Division Series]].

Twice in MLB history, two brothers have hit back-to-back home runs. On April 23, 2013, brothers [[Melvin Upton Jr.]] (formerly B.J. Upton) and [[Justin Upton]] hit back-to-back home runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130423&content_id=45613032&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |title=B.J. and Justin Upton hit back-to-back home runs, a rare feat for brothers &#124; MLB.com: News |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |date=2013-04-24 |access-date=2013-07-16}}</ref> The first time was on September 15, 1938, when [[Lloyd Waner]] and [[Paul Waner]] performed the feat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-09-15/sports/0209150023_1_major-league-homer-candlestick-park |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522232634/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-09-15/sports/0209150023_1_major-league-homer-candlestick-park |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |title=Sept. 15 1938: Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner hit...|work=Chicago Tribune|date=2002-09-15 |access-date=2013-07-16}}</ref>

Simple back-to-back home runs are a relatively frequent occurrence. If a pitcher gives up a home run, he might have his concentration broken and might alter his normal approach in an attempt to "make up for it" by striking out the next batter with some fastballs. Sometimes the next batter will be expecting that and will capitalize on it. A notable back-to-back home run of that type in [[World Series]] play involved "[[Babe Ruth's called shot]]" in 1932, which was accompanied by various Ruthian theatrics, yet the pitcher, [[Charlie Root]], was allowed to stay in the game. He delivered just one more pitch, which [[Lou Gehrig]] drilled out of the park for a back-to-back shot, after which Root was removed from the game.

In Game 3 of the [[1976 National League Championship Series|1976 NLCS]], [[George Foster (baseball)|George Foster]] and [[Johnny Bench]] hit back-to-back home runs in the last of the ninth off [[Ron Reed]] to tie the game. The Series-winning run was scored later in the inning.

Another notable pair of back-to-back home runs occurred on [[1990 in baseball#Events|September 14, 1990]], when [[Ken Griffey Sr.]] and [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] hit back-to-back home runs, off [[Kirk McCaskill]], the only father-and-son duo to do so in Major League history.

On [[2002 in baseball#May|May 2, 2002]], [[Bret Boone]] and [[Mike Cameron]] of the [[Seattle Mariners]] hit back-to-back home runs off starter [[Jon Rauch]] in the first inning of a game against the [[Chicago White Sox]]. The Mariners batted around in the inning, and Boone and Cameron came up to bat against reliever [[Jim Parque]] with two outs, again hitting back-to-back home runs and becoming the only pair of teammates to hit back-to-back home runs twice in the same inning.<ref name="mariners15whitesox4">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=220502104|title=Seattle Mariners vs. Chicago White Sox – Box Score – May 02, 2002|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=May 2, 2001|access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

On June 19, 2012, [[José Bautista]] and [[Colby Rasmus]] hit back-to-back home runs and back-to-back-to-back home runs with [[Edwin Encarnación]] for a lead change in each instance.{{clarify|date=July 2016}}

On July 23, 2017, [[Whit Merrifield]], [[Jorge Bonifacio]], and [[Eric Hosmer]] of the Kansas City Royals hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox. The Royals went on to win the game 5–4.

On June 20, 2018, [[George Springer]], [[Alex Bregman]], and [[Jose Altuve]] of the Houston Astros hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Astros went on to win the game 5–1.

On April 3, 2018, the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] began the game against the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] with back-to-back home runs from [[Dexter Fowler]] and [[Tommy Pham]]. Then in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and the Cardinals leading 4–3, [[Christian Yelich]] homered to tie the game; and [[Ryan Braun]] hit the next pitch for a walk-off home run. This is the only major league game to begin and end with back-to-back home runs.

On May 5, 2019, [[Eugenio Suarez]], [[Jesse Winker]] and [[Derek Dietrich]] of the Cincinnati Reds, hit back-to-back-to-back home runs on three straight pitches against [[Jeff Samardzija]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] in the bottom of the first inning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26679100|title=Reds homer on 3 straight pitches vs. Samardzija|date=5 May 2019|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

On October 30, 2021, [[Dansby Swanson]] and [[Jorge Soler]] hit back-to-back home runs for the [[Atlanta Braves]] off [[Houston Astros]] pitcher [[Cristian Javier]] to give the Braves a 3–2 lead in the bottom of the seventh in Game 4 of the [[World Series]].

On October 18, 2024, [[Aaron Judge]] and [[Giancarlo Stanton]] hit back-to-back quadruples to take the lead in a game of the [[American League Championship Series]].

On March 29, 2025, New York Yankees batters [[Paul Goldschmidt]], [[Cody Bellinger]], and Aaron Judge became the first trio to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs on the first three pitches of a game. They accomplished this feat against Milwaukee Brewers pitcher [[Nestor Cortes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yankees homer on first 3 pitches of the game, a first in MLB history |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-goldschmidt-cody-bellinger-aaron-judge-homer-on-first-three-pitches |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

On April 29, 2025, New York Yankees batters [[Trent Grisham]], Aaron Judge, and [[Ben Rice (baseball)|Ben Rice]] hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Gibson. The Yankees became the first team to hit three consecutive homers to start a game twice in one season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yanks' historic first: B2B2B HRs to begin game and kick off rout |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-hit-four-homers-in-first-for-second-time-in-2025 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=MLB.com |last=Hoch |first=Bryan}}</ref>