Box Score of Ken Griffey, Jr. Record Setting Game

During the 1987 season, Don Mattingly of the New York Yankees hit ten home runs in eight consecutive games setting two major league records. Could Junior tie the record?

"You never give up. Anything can happen. That's just the way this club goes about things." - Ken Griffey, Jr.
Ken Griffey, Jr.

Ken Griffey, Jr.

Consecutive Home Run Record
July 28, 1993
Kingdome

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Shane Mack cf 4 1 0 0
Chuck Knoblauch 2b 4 0 0 0
Kirby Puckett rf 3 1 1 1
Dave Winfield 1b 5 1 2 1
Dave McCarty pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Brian Harper c 4 0 2 1
Pedro Munoz lf 4 0 1 1
Kent Hrbek ph-1b 1 0 0 0
Bernardo Brito dh 4 1 1 0
Pat Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Jeff Reboulet 3b 4 1 2 1
Totals 37 5 9 5

 
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Omar Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0
Mike Felder lf 4 0 0 0
Ken Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 2 1
Jay Buhner rf 4 0 1 0
Tino Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Edgar Martinez dh 2 0 1 0
Dave Magadan 3b 2 0 1 0
Dave Valle c 3 0 0 0
Greg Litton 2b 2 0 0 0
Lee Tinsley ph 1 0 0 0
Rich Amaral 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Doubles: Puckett, Magadan, Reboulet, Munoz, E.Martinez.
Double Plays: Minnesota 2.
Error: Vizquel.
GIDP: Magadan.
Home Runs: Griffey, Winfield.
Left On Base: Minnesota 10, Seattle 4.
Sacrifice: Mack.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 9 0
Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Willie Banks 7.0 3 1 1 2 5
Carl Willis 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Larry Casian 1.1 1 0 0 0 1

 
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Randy Johnson 7 5 4 2 3 7
Ted Power 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brad Holman 1 3 1 1 0 0

Pitching Notes

Hit By Pitcher: Harper (by Holman).
Losing Pitcher
: Johnson.
Save: Casian.
Winning Pitcher: Banks.

Game Notes

Attendance: 30,813.
Length of Game: 2:42.
Umpires: HP: Dale Scott, 1B: Dave Phillips, 2B: Mike Reilly, 3B: Rocky Roe.



Ken Griffey, Jr. played again on July 29, 1993, but did not set a new all-time record. The Twins pitchers who kept him in the park (Griffey went 2-for-4) were Scott Erickson, Larry Casian, and Carl Willis!

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The consecutive record long ball was hit off Willie Banks during the seventh inning and it accounted for the only Mariner's run or run batted in!