Augusta dials long distance 4 times in unique win
Four swings, four runs and a win. Easy, right? In a game that might otherwise be classified as a run-of-the-mill June contest, Single-A Augusta not only matched a club record, it put itself in some rare company in the sport itself. Buoyed by four solo homers -- two each from
Four swings, four runs and a win.
Easy, right?
In a game that might otherwise be classified as a run-of-the-mill June contest, Single-A Augusta not only matched a club record, it put itself in some rare company in the sport itself. Buoyed by four solo homers -- two each from Ethan Workinger and Jeremy Celedonio -- the GreenJackets walked away with a 4-3 win over Carolina at SRP Park.
It was just the seventh time in baseball history a team collected four hits that all left the yard, the fourth by an affiliated club and the first in Single-A.
HISTORY! The GreenJackets become the first Low-A team to score 4 runs on 4 hits, all solo home runs!
— Augusta GreenJackets (@GreenJackets) June 14, 2023
It's the seventh time in the HISTORY OF BASEBALL that a team has had a 4 hit game with all 4 hits being homers...and we match our single-game franchise record with the 4 bombs! pic.twitter.com/iPcHdHnDBX
Workinger kicked off the scoring with the first long ball in the opening frame, taking a 1-2 pitch over the left-center-field fence for his ninth homer. Celedonio chimed in with his eighth roundtripper in the second and third this month, equaling his total from May in 56 fewer at-bats.
Workinger increased Augusta's lead with his 10th jack in the fourth, giving him the first multihomer game of his career in the process. Signed as an undrafted free agent in 2020 out of San Diego City Community College, the 21-year-old has been a consistent performer offensively with a .265/.341/.492 slash line in 51 games.
While Celedonio hasn't enjoyed the same success at the plate in 2023, he made sure the GreenJackets had a chance at securing their place in one of baseball's oddities with his second tater of the night in the seventh. The 21-year-old native of the Dominican Republic notched his first career multihomer game.
However, a special nod should go out to the duos' Augusta teammates, whose futility at the plate enabled the club to achieve the rarity. While Workinger and Celedonio were a combined 4-for-6 with a walk, the other seven GreenJackets went hitless in 22 at-bats with nine strikeouts.
Augusta's four homers also equaled a club record.
Michael Avallone is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @MavalloneMiLB.