Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu makes history with grand slam, inside-the-park home run in blowout win over Reds
The Boston Red Sox outfielder hit both an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in their blowout win over the Cincinnati Reds, which made him just the sixth player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish both of those things separately in the same game. That hasn't been done since 1958, either.
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Abreu's inside-the-park home run came first in the fifth inning, when the Red Sox were already up by three runs. He hit a deep shot that went 423 feet and almost cleared the center field wall in Boston on its own, but instead awkwardly bounced off the wall and back over Reds outfielder TJ Friedl's head. By the time that happened, however, Abreu was already rounding second base — which gave him plenty of time to make it home safely.
That was the first inside-the-park home run from a Red Sox player since 2018, and the first in Boston since 2011. According to MLB.com, Abreu actually made it around the bases in less than 17 seconds, which put him at a top seed of 28.8 feet per second.
Then in the eighth inning with the bases loaded, Abreu got one to clear the outfield wall. He hit a grand slam into the Red Sox's outfield bullpen, which sent the Red Sox up by eight runs and pushed them to the 13-6 win.
In total, Abreu had five RBI and two hits in his five at-bats in the win. He holds a .256 batting average with 16 home runs and 45 RBI on the season, his third with the Red Sox.
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According to MLB's Sarah Langs, Abreu's combo has only been done five other times in league history. It had been nearly 67 years, however, since Roger Maris last did the same thing in a game. Abreu is the first Red Sox player to do this since 1939, too, when Jim Tabor pulled it off. Jocko Fields did it first in 1890.
The win for the Red Sox moved them to 42-44 on the season, though they still sit in fourth in the AL East standings. They've lost seven of their last nine games, too. The two teams will run it back on Tuesday night for the second game of their three-game series.
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