Naylor brothers make history with home runs vs. Texas
The Naylors grew to become the primary siblings in Cleveland historical past to hit a house run in the identical sport, every hitting a protracted ball within the third inning at Globe Life Field.
The final time brothers hit homers in the identical sport for a similar crew within the Majors was the Braves’ B.J. and Justin Upton on Sept. 27, 2014. The Uptons have been additionally the final to hit homers in the identical inning after they went back-to-back on April 23, 2013.
Bo set the tone within the third inning, following a Myles Straw single with a 435-foot shot to the right-field seats for his second profession homer. Four batters later, his older brother, Josh, adopted go well with, smacking his personal two-run homer down the right-field line that hooked contained in the foul pole.
This was the thirty first time that brothers have homered in the identical regular-season sport, and the Naylors additionally grew to become the thirteenth pair of brothers on this unique membership.
Brothers to homer for similar crew in similar regular-season sport
B.J. and Justin Upton, Braves (six instances)
Jason and Jeremy Giambi, A’s (4 instances)
Vladimir and Wilton Guerrero, Expos (4 instances)
Hank and Tommie Aaron, Braves (3 times)
Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pirates (3 times)
Adrian and Edgar Gonzalez, Padres (two instances)
Cal and Billy Ripken, Orioles (two instances)
Billy and Tony Conigliaro, Red Sox (two instances)
Bo and Josh Naylor, Guardians
Adam and Andy LaRoche, Pirates
Benji and Jose Molina, Angels
Matty and Jesus Alou, Giants
Felipe and Matty Alou, Giants
It was the eighth time brothers have homered in the identical inning for a similar crew since 1900, in response to the Elias Sports Bureau. But the Ferrell brothers (Rick and Wes) could have one-upped the opposite occurrences by doing so in the identical inning as opponents on July 19, 1933, when Cleveland pitcher Wes Farrell hit a two-run homer off Boston’s Hank Johnson within the high of the fourth, solely to have his brother Rick, the Red Sox’s catcher, take him deep for a three-run shot within the backside of the identical body.
