Purple Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida is lower than a month into his MLB profession, however he is already performed one thing no different Japanese participant has ever performed within the main leagues.
Yoshida hit two residence runs in a single inning in Boston’s win over the Brewers on Sunday, powering the Purple Sox to a nine-run eighth inning that surprised Milwaukee.
Yoshida hit a solo residence run off Brewers reliever Matt Bush, the second of back-to-back blasts began by Justin Turner, after which he launched a second-deck grand slam off Javy Guerra later within the inning to show the sport right into a blowout.
Masataka Yoshida’s go-ahead homer places the @RedSox on high! pic.twitter.com/o9iuZnUxhK
— MLB (@MLB) April 23, 2023
Masataka Yoshida’s second homer of the inning was SLAMMED to proper! 😱 pic.twitter.com/ySDpYYy01V
— MLB (@MLB) April 23, 2023
Not solely is Yoshida the primary Japanese participant in MLB historical past to hit two residence runs in an inning, he additionally joins an unique membership of main leaguers to attain the feat. Yoshida is one in all 58 gamers with a multi-home run inning and the primary for the reason that Yankees’ Gleyber Torres did it final season.
Earlier than Torres, Edwin Encarnacion (2019), Chris Davis (2017), and Mark Trumbo (2016) have been the newest hitters to blast two residence runs in the identical inning.
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Yoshida’s glorious World Baseball Traditional efficiency did not instantly carry over to the Purple Sox as he solely hit one residence run in his first 16 video games, however two residence runs on Sunday and 7 hits in his final 4 video games are an indication that Boston’s large funding is beginning to repay.