In the fourth inning, Mike Cameron already has four homeruns in his first four at bats. In the first inning, Bret Boone and Cameron became the first teammates in major league history to both hit two home runs in the same inning, connecting back-to-back twice in Seattle's 10-run first against Chicago. John Rauch started the game for the White Sox, and it only took him 25 pitches to give up eight runs. In the fifth inning, the Mariners are leading 13-2.
I just saw that highlight -- and they said that no one has ever hit 5 in a game...I'm rooting for him to break that record -- I like to see records broken, I always liked Cameron and maybe they'll all be out of their system before they come here tomorrow night!
we might have a trivia question.....................................................1st --Boone homered to right, Suzuki scored.
--Cameron homered to center.
--Guillen singled to left, Olerud scored, Sierra to second.
--Davis singled to center, Sierra scored, Guillen to third, McLemore to second.
--Cirillo hit sacrifice fly to right, Guillen scored, McLemore to third.
--Suzuki grounded into fielder´s choice to shortstop, McLemore scored, Davis out at second.
--Boone homered to right, Suzuki scored.
--Cameron homered to center.
3rd --Cameron homered to left.
--Sierra doubled to deep center, Olerud scored.
5th --Cameron homered to center
This may be the spark my fantasy team (1-3) needs. I'd like to see Cameron get his 5th. I followed him somewhat in Cincinnati, and trading him and Tomko for Griffey seems to be the biggest mistake the Reds have made of late (though they've improved this year). He's really picked up where Junior left off over in Seattle.
sick stuff... he could/will(?) get an AB in the 9th
Cirillo led of the 9th with a homer - Cameron will get one more AB!!
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds - Robert Nesta Marley
And Cameron digs in....
Full count....
Cameron took it all the way to the warning track, but finished with "only" 4.
Great job Mike!
Nice shot on attempt #5. Some night for Cameron!!
Nice job by Cameron. Wasn't the last guy to get 4 in a game Mark Whiten, when he was a Card?
I wonder if any of the other gys who have hit 4 ended up with only 4 RBI?
what a night.....he gave it a shot... he hit 3 off the same guy ..................Mike Cameron (7) solo shot off Parque in the 1st.
Mike Cameron (8) solo shot off Parque in the 3rd.
Mike Cameron (9) solo shot off Parque in the 5th
What an absolutely unbelieveable and wonderful game for Cameron! It's even more amazing considering last week he was having problems with his contact lenses and his vision. I'd say he definitely must have fixed that problem! It's great anytime there's a new record set and it's an added bonus when someone you never expect to do anything to get them in the record books becomes a part of baseball history.
-Deborah
let's hope he dosent do that over the weekend
With all the history I've seen at the Stadium, only 2 (other than Jay Buhner hitting the ambulance on a bounce) Tom Seaver's 300th win and Randy Velarde's unassisted triple play on Shane.
Id rather see Yankee history but seeing baseball history is still cool.
Please, everyone, take a look at the three games Oakland played while we were up in seattle.
Then count the 1+4+2= 7 runs Oakland scored in our entire series.
Bring it on M's.. ju arses isa OURS!
That was an amazing game for Cameron. It's cool when things like this happen as it is such a rarity.
In 1993 ... and the Cards' manager was a fellow name of Torre.Originally posted by patrick.o
Nice job by Cameron. Wasn't the last guy to get 4 in a game Mark Whiten, when he was a Card?
Here's a quote from the ESPN/AP recap:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=220502104
According to the same story ... the Chicago crowd gave him a standing O after the fourth homer. Would a Yankee Stadium crowd do the same, if it were to happen here?The Mariners' next game is Friday night at Yankee Stadium. On Thursday night, Cameron's feat was flashed on the scoreboard in New York during the game between Oakland and the Yankees. "Maybe he's tired. The law of averages, he's not going to hit eight in two days," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. Torre was the Cardinals' manager when Whiten hit four homers. "I think there were about 12 people in the stands. You know it's happening."
GREAT game by Cameron, into the Record Books he goes.....
....but....
...that was a LOT of work for 4 RBIs.
I'm going to go out on a limb, and predict that he won't hit 4 HRs in a game against the Yankees.Originally posted by caroline331
let's hope he dosent do that over the weekend
That is so unbelievable!!!!----I heard it at work----how fantastic is that---
Well good-at least they'll get all this out of their system before they come here this weekend!!!!---Boy that girl I met from Seattle must be in her glory!
wow.
history in the making.
man what a performance tonight by the M's
Unfortaunelty da Yanks will cut their plugs!
From SportsCenter, I got the following tale of the three 4s:
4th member of the 4-HR club
1st member of the 4-HR club in which all were solo shots
robbed an opposing hitter of 4 by gloving a potential grand salami (which looked like it would've eked over the wall)
Sweet Lou said he'd seen lots in his years and that's probably the highlight of his career. Mike Cameron himself humbly said he wasn't sure what caused it. They showed a clip of Air Jordan (as a Chicago Bull) getting a clutch shot then shrugging his shoulder in a "how'd that happen?" type of way, to illustrate Cameron's humility.
man he is good!Originally posted by Jersey Yankee
From SportsCenter, I got the following tale of the three 4s:
4th member of the 4-HR club
1st member of the 4-HR club in which all were solo shots
robbed an opposing hitter of 4 by gloving a potential grand salami (which looked like it would've eked over the wall)
You caught me on the edit. The other parts (solo shot, 4th member of the 4-HR club and robbing a slam) make it even more special, IMO.Originally posted by Butnud
man he is good!
Now let's hope he's already sowed his wild-ass oats before Friday gets here. Young rook Lilly's gonna have to hold the fort down.
I beleive he will do his job mighty fien and shut Cameron up for our series and then he can go and make history elsewhere!
Hope so. Teams usually score much less after a heavy outburst of runs. (see CLE beating SEA 17-2 then losing the ALDS on a low-scoring game).Originally posted by Butnud
I beleive he will do his job mighty fien and shut Cameron up for our series and then he can go and make history elsewhere!
They shot 15 runs, our guys got 9. Sori may still have lots left in him so I can only hope the going crazy mess doesn't apply once they hit the skids in da Bronx!!!
WOW!!!!
According to my tape on YES post-game, the following are the members of the 4-HR club, including teams and dates:
Mike Cameron, SEA, 05/02/2002
Rocky Colavito, CLE, 06/10/1959
Pat Seerey, CHW, 07/18/1948
Henry Louis Gehrig, NYY, 06/03/1932
is such a tremendous sport! A fan can never know when something unusual can occur and tonight proved to be one of those nights. I can't imagine how a player can hit 4 homers in one game and then almost hit a fifth on a 3-2 count. Also, two players hitting back to back homers in the same inning twice!!!!It's going to be interesting how the Yankees pitch to Cameron in this series and also the reaction of the fans to him when he comes to the plate the first time.
Sorry to say this, and you probably see it coming... but I was rooting against him. I wasn't happy at all when I heard about the double back-to-back HR's in the 1st or Cameron's 4th HR. Can't stand the Seamen, want to vomit when I hear about something like this. :\ Imagine how you loyal Bahston haters 'd feel if Manny Ramirez hit 4HR's. Or how *any* of you would feel if John Rocker suddenly became a starter and pitched a perfect game in his first outing. 's how I felt. :\
I envision Giambi hitting 5 HR's against the Seamen in game 4 of this year's ALCS, helping to complete a sweep. Of course, my visions rarely come true, so don't hold me to that.
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