Daniel Schneemann hit his first profession grand slam and added a solo shot, main the Cleveland Guardians to a 5-3, come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
With Toronto main 3-1 and two outs within the ninth inning, Schneemann pulled an 0-1 pitch from Yimi Garcia into the stands in proper discipline for his first multi-homer sport and fourth lengthy ball of the season.
That capped off a historic efficiency for Schneemann, who completed one thing just one MLB participant ever has — and that was Babe Ruth, greater than a century in the past.
Schneemann gave Cleveland its first run with a solo homer off Chad Inexperienced within the eighth.
Coincidentally, Ruth’s comparable outing got here in opposition to Cleveland. His grand slam within the ninth powered the Pink Sox to an 8-7 win. He additionally hit a two-run shot within the prime of the fourth inning that day.
On Saturday, Steven Kwan led off the ninth with a single and Carlos Santana and Bo Naylor walked earlier than Schneemann’s two-out slam. García (0-1) blew his second save in 4 possibilities.
Kolby Allard (2-0) allowed one run in 4 innings for the win, and Emmanuel Clase completed for his sixth save in eight possibilities.
However the sport belonged to Schneemann, who now finds himself in elite firm with one of many best MLB gamers of all time.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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