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    Re: Grandslams

    Quote Originally Posted by Caseyfan21
    I did a little digging on the 2 grand slam game. Here's a link to the Enquirer story on it:

    http://reds.enquirer.com/1999/08/22/...9_expos_2.html

    The two players were Eddie Taubensee and Aaron Boone. The starting pitcher was Juan Guzman (I think I mixed up this game with another where I sat in similar seats and saw Harnisch hit a homer). The date of the game was August 21, 1999.

    Funny to read that article and see Vlad Guerrero and Michael Barrett still with the Expos among others. Also fun to read about all the players from that 1999 team, probably my favorite year following the Reds.
    I was in town for that whole series. What an awesome game(and year) that was. Those two grand slams along with Larkin's first career GS rank a top my list as the most memorable.


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    Re: Grandslams

    REDS Grand Slams Since 2003

    2003
    5-26 @ Atlanta: A. Dunn (PH), REDS win 7-6 in 11 inn..
    6-11 @ Tampa: K. Stinnett, REDS win 7-6.
    7-21 vs. Milw.: R. Branyan (PH), REDS win 11-2.
    8-9 @ San Diego: R. Taylor, REDS win 9-5.

    2004
    6-13 @ Cleve.: W. Mo Pena, REDS lose 10-8.
    6-25 vs. Pitt.: W. Mo Pena, REDS win 6-4.
    7-28 vs. St. L: B. Larkin, REDS lose 11-10.
    9-11 vs. Milw.: A. Dunn, REDS win 9-0.

    2005
    4-6 vs. NYMets: J. Randa, REDS win 9-5.
    4-27 @ Cubs: F. Lopez, REDS win 8-7.
    6-11 vs. Balt.: F. Lopez, REDS win 10-1.
    7-9 @ Ariz.: A. Dunn, REDS win 6-2.
    7-17 vs. Colo.: J. Valentin, REDS win 9-4. (Javier w/ a 3R HR & GS, 7 RBIs)
    7-31 @ San Diego: A Dunn, REDS win 7-1.
    9-4 @ Atlanta: J. LaRue (PH), REDS win 8-3 in 12 inn..

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    Re: Grandslams

    I pulled this up from baseballLibrary.com:

    May 13, 1980: Ray Knight breaks out of an 0-for-15 slump by homering twice in the 5th inning of a 15–4 win over the Mets. He is the first Red ever to hit two home runs in one inning.

    May 15, 1980: In Cincinnati, Ray Knight has two homers, including a grand slam, as the Reds whip the Mets, 15–4.
    I just checked Retrosheet.com and they mistakenly list the same game under two dates. The actual game was the May 13th date.

    When I was dating my wife she was living with her sister and brother-in-law. I was over helping her paint a room for her nephew who would be born later that month. We were listening to the Reds game (you got to love a relationship like that where you can just hang out, paint and listen to the ballgame - I knew I had the right one!) and Knight smacked two home runs. We were absolutely dumbfounded.

    From Retrosheet:

    HR: Knight 2 (5,5th inning off Bomback 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Glynn 3 on,
    2 out); Griffey (2,5th inning off Bomback 2 on, 1 out); Collins (1,6th
    inning off Hausman 0 on, 1 out).
    In case you're not looking closely, Griffey Sr. also homered in that inning. Again from Retrosheet.com, the 5th inning Play by Play:

    REDS 5TH: BOMBACK REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Knight homered;
    Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); AUERBACH BATTED FOR
    PASTORE; Auerbach singled to center; Collins singled to center
    [Auerbach to second]; Griffey homered [Auerbach scored, Collins
    scored]; Concepcion singled to center; Foster walked [Concepcion
    to second]; GLYNN REPLACED BOMBACK (PITCHING); Driessen made an
    out to center; Bench walked [Concepcion to third, Foster to
    second]; Knight homered [Concepcion scored, Foster scored, Bench
    scored]; Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); 8 R, 6 H, 0
    E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Reds 14.
    So Junior Kennedy also had the distinction of making the 1st and last out in the inning. And lot of "blast from the past" names there. The Reds finished third that season behind the Astros and the Dodgers, but only 3 1/2 games back, again checking Retrosheet there.

    I think I have one more, but have to research it.

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    The other game I was thinking of didn't have a Grand Slam in it - the Reds beat the Astros 18-2 on August 3, 1989 scoring 14 runs in the first inning, but amazingly only 3 homers in the game (and two of those were in the 7th!).

    Since I mentioned it, here's the play by play for that 1st inning:

    REDS 1ST: Duncan walked; Duncan stole second; On a bunt Quinones
    singled to pitcher [Duncan to third]; Davis singled to center
    [Duncan scored, Quinones to second]; Griffey homered [Quinones
    scored, Davis scored]; Roomes singled to shortstop; Benzinger
    singled to right [Roomes to third]; Reed singled to right
    [Roomes scored, Benzinger to second]; FORSCH REPLACED CLANCY
    (PITCHING); Oester doubled to right [Benzinger scored, Reed to
    third]; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Reed scored, Oester to
    third]; Browning grounded out (first unassisted); Duncan doubled
    to right [Oester scored]; Quinones singled to left [Duncan to
    third]; Davis singled to center [Duncan scored, Quinones to
    second]; Griffey singled to center [Quinones scored, Davis to
    third]; Roomes singled to third [Griffey to second]; Benzinger
    doubled to right [Davis scored, Griffey scored, Roomes scored];
    Reed singled to center [Benzinger to third]; Oester singled to
    right [Benzinger scored, Reed to second]; Browning singled to
    left [Reed to third, Oester to second]; Duncan flied to left;
    Quinones flied to right; 14 R, 16 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Reds
    14.
    I started listening to the game at work, came home for lunch with the inning still going on, took the afternoon off to take the family to the Y and the inning was just ending when we arrived at the pool! Sorry, no grand slam - you can resume that conversation now.

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    Re: Grandslams

    Quote Originally Posted by redssouth
    I can still remember leaving the stadium yelling "we want the braves"... hindsight being 20/20, no we didnt. Oh well, still a special night for me in the stadium, and that was just the nail in the coffin that sent us into celebration mode.
    A series that Reggie Sanders would just as soon forget.

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    Re: Grandslams

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Madden
    I'll always remember Hal Kings grand slam vs, the Dodgers.

    I thought that one was a three-run shot against the Dodgers - the one in '73.
    Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.

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    Re: Grandslams

    I was fortunate enough to see both of Barry's grand slams live.
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    Chip is right

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    Re: Grandslams

    I remember when Dmitri Young hit one into the reds seats at Cinergy Field. I believe that was in 2000.
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    Re: Grandslams

    Not a Red, but I remember Fernando Tatis hitting two grand slams in the same inning for the Cards.

    I was also at a game when Albert Belle hit one.

    Barry's is my favorite, I can remember repeating over and over "c'mon Barry, c'mon".

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    Re: Grandslams

    Quote Originally Posted by redsfan30
    I remember when Dmitri Young hit one into the reds seats at Cinergy Field. I believe that was in 2000.
    I wonder if that is the only Red seat Grand Slam?

    Is there a list somewhere?

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    Re: Grandslams

    Here's a list of red seat home runs. It has Tony Perez with a grand slam but not Dmitri Young.

    http://experts.about.com/q/Cincinnat...eat-Homers.htm

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    Re: Grandslams

    I remember Kurt Stillwell hitting a slam for his first major league homer back in '87. I actually still have the highlight on tape, having recorded it off of Sports Talk.
    ...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BCubb2003
    Here's a list of red seat home runs. It has Tony Perez with a grand slam but not Dmitri Young.

    http://experts.about.com/q/Cincinnat...eat-Homers.htm
    According to Retrosheet, it was a Grand Slam. Was that the last Red Seater at Cinergy? If so, that would make interesting bookends - the first and last red seaters being Grand Salamis.

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    Re: Grandslams

    Not a Reds GS memory, but for some reason I maintain a vivid recollection of Dan Gladden's slam in the '87 WS.
    We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

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    Re: Grandslams

    Quote Originally Posted by StillFunkyB
    Not a Red, but I remember Fernando Tatis hitting two grand slams in the same inning for the Cards.
    I'm certain that's a record that won't be broken, or doubtfully even matched. The odds of it happening are so unbelievably remote.
    We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.


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