The Giants and the Athletics teamed up to make MLB history in their respective wins on Monday night.
Early in the evening, Lawrence Butler led off the Athletics’ eventual 10-1 over the Atlanta Braves with an inside-the-park homer.
A few hours later, Patrick Bailey delivered a wild walk-off inside-the-park homer to lift the Giants to a 4-3 win over the Phillies.
Those two feats had never been accomplished on the same day.
Lawrence Butler: leadoff inside-the-park home run
Patrick Bailey: walk-off inside-the-park home run
For the first time in MLB history, both have occurred on the same day 🤯
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Butler also is the first A’s player with a multi-homer game in which he hit both an inside-the-park and a fence-clearing home run since Billy Williams on Aug. 23, 1975.
As for Bailey, it was the first inside-the-park walk-off homer hit in MLB since Cleveland’s Tyler Naquin on Aug. 19, 2016, against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Bailey is the first Giants catcher with an inside-the-park home run since Bob Brenly on Aug. 29, 1984, against the Montreal Expos.
The Giants and Athletics have been tied at the hip for decades, so it’s fitting that they combined to make history on Monday night.
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