The Red Sox and Tigers played an extra-inning game Aug. 16 that fell on the opposite end of the bizarro scale. In that one, Detroit's Craig Monroe hit a 10th-inning grand slam -- and his team still lost. By three runs (thanks to a seven-run top of the 10th by Boston).
So how many players in history have hit an extra-inning slam in a loss? Well, there have been three others, according to Elias: Cy Williams (July 18, 1925), Mike Vail (June 30, 1979) and Andre Dawson (April 21, 1991).
But how many other players have hit extra-inning slams in games their teams lost by three runs (or more)? That, not surprisingly, would be zero. In fact, according to Retrosheet's Smith, there hasn't been any other game in the last 75 years in which a team scored four times by any means in any extra inning and still lost by three runs. Real, real hard to do, folks.
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That's some good useless information.
Well, I gotta say that Mike Remlinger was good for one thing. He'll go down in the history books as the only (current) pitcher to allow a grand slam in extra innings and still have his team win by three runs.
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