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The first came in May. Then, on June 24, 1968, Northrup hit grand slams on consecutive pitches in consecutive at bats in the 5th and 6th innings. [6] This made him one of only 13 players (through July 28, 2009) to have hit 2 grand slams in one game, and the second to do so in consecutive at-bats (the first was Jim Gentile in 1961). Five days ...
Bill Mueller hit his grand slams from both sides of the plate, [3] [8] while Jim Northrup hit his grand slams on consecutive pitches received in the fifth and sixth innings. [9] Nomar Garciaparra is the sole player to achieve the feat at home, doing so at Fenway Park for the Boston Red Sox. [10]
Jim Northrup was the Tigers' right fielder for most of the 1968 season, and was among the American League leaders with 90 RBIs (3rd in the AL), 57 extra base hits (4th in the AL), 259 total bases (5th in the AL), and 29 doubles (5th in the AL). Northrup also hit four grand slams during the 1968 regular season, plus one more in the World Series.
The Tigers went up 2–0 in the second inning on RBI hits by Willie Horton and Bill Freehan. In the third, the Tigers sent 15 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs off of three Cardinals pitchers. Jim Northrup's grand slam highlighted the inning. Al Kaline added a home run in the fifth inning.
Oglivie sliced one away from outfielder Dwayne Murphy, and two sloppy relays led to the grand slam and a 9-7 lead. Gorman Thomas followed up with a regular shot for a 10-7 lead, just for good ...
June 24 – Detroit Tigers right fielder Jim Northrup belts two grand slams, as the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 14–3, at Cleveland Stadium. Northrup connects for his first slam off Eddie Fisher in the 5th inning and the second off Billy Rohr in the 6th, to become the sixth player in Major League Baseball history to hit two grand slams ...
Javier Baez and Jake Marisnick each hit a grand slam and the Detroit Tigers went deep five times to beat the Colorado Rockies 14-9 Sunday. It was the first time the Tigers hit two grand slams in a ...
Cal Raleigh hit a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Seattle Mariners stormed back from a four-run deficit in the eighth to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on Monday ...