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DYK: Machado socks 3 homers vs. White Sox
- Updated: August 7, 2016
Manny Machado had himself quite a powerful day on Chicago’s South Side. The Orioles slugger belted three homers in each of his first three at-bats, with one in each of the first three innings. Machado finished the day 3-for-6 with those three home runs and seven RBIs in the Orioles’ 10-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday.
Here are a few interesting factoids on why this feat is significant:
• He’s just the second player ever to hit three homers in each of the first three innings, joining Carl Reynolds, who did so with the White Sox on July 2, 1930. However, two of Reynolds’ three homers were inside-the-park homers.
• Machado fell short of a fourth deep fly, failing to become just the 15th player ever to do …
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