The Giants just broke the consecutive solo home run record with Pablo Sandoval’s homer in the top of the first against the Marlins. This was the 20th solo shot in a row, breaking the 1914 Phillies record of 19. This is a very interesting record but not the best one to hold because it means you haven’t hit a muli-run home run in quite a while. In the Giants case it means they haven’t hit a home run with someone on base since July 6th against the Padres. The previous Giants franchise record was 15 consecutive solo home runs and was set in 1997. Even though this record is very interesting, as I said before, I think it is time the Giants break this streak and start hitting home runs with people on base, especially with how weak the offense has been all season and especially in these past few games.
Update (7/13): Jeff Keppinger hit a solo home run in today’s game against the Marlins in the first inning to increase the streak to 21 straight solo home runs.
Do you know the HR that started this 20 game streak? I grabbed a solo HR hit by Nate Schierholtz (his first splash hit into McCovey Cove) on July 8, 2011. THat must have been either the 1st or 2nd HR in this streak. DO you know which one it was?
The home run that started this streak was also in fact by Nate Schierholtz and it was also on July 6th. It was his second home run of the game and it was a walk off in the bottom of the fourteenth. The home run ball you got on July 8th was the third of the streak, Eli Whiteside had the second.
Here is a list of all the home runs in the streak from baseball-reference.com:
Date Batter Opp Pitcher Inn Out Pit(cnt)Sequence
2011-07-06 Nate Schierholtz SDP Pat Neshek b14 0 5(1-2)
2011-07-07 Eli Whiteside SDP Cory Luebke b3 0 3(1-1)
2011-07-08 Nate Schierholtz NYM R.A. Dickey b6 1 1(0-0)
2011-07-14 Aubrey Huff SDP Heath Bell t9 0 5(0-2)
2011-07-15 Cody Ross SDP Dustin Moseley t2 0 3(1-1)
2011-07-16 Miguel Tejada SDP Cory Luebke t6 1 3(2-0)
2011-07-18 Pablo Sandoval LAD Chad Billingsley b4 0 1(0-0)
2011-07-19 Brandon Belt LAD Rubby De La Rosa b2 0 4(1-2)
2011-07-22 Aaron Rowand MIL Shaun Marcum b6 0 2(1-0)
2011-07-26 Aaron Rowand PHI Vance Worley t8 2 1(0-0)
2011-07-28 Pablo Sandoval PHI Kyle Kendrick t2 0 2(1-0)
2011-07-30 Pablo Sandoval CIN Mike Leake t2 0 2(1-0)
2011-08-01 Cody Ross ARI Ian Kennedy b1 0 3(0-2)
2011-08-01 Aubrey Huff ARI Ian Kennedy b7 0 11(3-2)
2011-08-05 Eli Whiteside PHI Vance Worley b5 0 2(0-1)
2011-08-06 Pablo Sandoval PHI Cole Hamels b9 2 4(2-1)
2011-08-09 Chris Stewart PIT James McDonald b5 0 1(0-0)
2011-08-09 Aubrey Huff PIT James McDonald b6 1 3(1-1)
2011-08-10 Pablo Sandoval PIT Jeff Karstens b1 2 3(1-1)