Bisons club SEVEN home runs in 8-1 win in Charlotte
Hitting is contagious… and so is hitting home runs, apparently.The Bisons matched a modern era team record by launching seven home runs out of BB&T Ballpark Tuesday night in an 8-1 triumph over the Charlotte Knights.The homering Herd wasted little time in this one. Bo Bichette smashed the fourth pitch
Hitting is contagious… and so is hitting home runs, apparently.
The Bisons matched a modern era team record by launching seven home runs out of BB&T Ballpark Tuesday night in an 8-1 triumph over the Charlotte Knights.
The homering Herd wasted little time in this one.
The seventh pitch of the contest had an equal fate.
Four batters later… you guessed it.
The Bisons kept the foot on the pedal as all seven of the homers were hit by the fifth inning. Rowdy Tellez sent a ball out to right-center in third and Jonathan Davis clubbed his second of the game in the fourth. Not to be out down, Brito and Tellez added solo shots in the fifth to make it a trio of Bisons' players with multi-home run games.
Tuesday marks only the third time in the modern era the Bisons team struck for seven homers in a game and the first July 2, 2004. Coincidentally, that game also feature three multi-homer performances by Jhonny Peralta, Eric Crozier and
The Bisons also hit seven home runs as a team on May 1, 1999 in a 15-0 win in Pawtucket.
All that offense went to the benefit of
In the seventh inning, Brito hit a soft fly ball that dropped into centerfield. Not only did it give the slugger a three-hit day, it was the Bisons' only hit of the game that wasn't a home run.