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Red Sox’s Wilyer Abreu becomes first player since 1958 to hit |
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inside-the-park home run and grand slam in same game |
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN |
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8:34 AM EDT, Tue July 1, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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Wilyer Abreu made history Monday night at Fenway Park, joining an elite |
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club after hitting both a rare inside-the-park homer and a grand slam |
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in the ’s 13-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds. |
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Fenway Park erupted into cheers in the bottom of the fifth as Abreu hit |
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his inside-the-park homer – his 15th HR of the season – off a fly |
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ball to right-center field. |
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The inside-the-park home run – when a player hits a ball in play and |
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manages to run around all four bases to score – was the first by a |
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Red Sox player at Fenway since Jacoby Ellsbury hit one in September |
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2011 against the Baltimore Orioles, according to MLB.com. |
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“I knew he hit it to the deepest part, and I was kind of telling him, |
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‘Hey, let’s go! Let’s go!’ Because you never know what can |
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happen out there in the (triangle),” Boston shortstop Trevor Story |
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said postgame, . |
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“When I hit the ball, I thought it was a home run. When I saw it |
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heading to the track, I thought the ball might not be gone,” Abreu |
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said after the game, per MLB.com, “so I started running hard and the |
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ball didn’t go out and I was able to hit an inside-the-park homer.” |
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“To me, it’s one of the most exciting plays in the game. I’m |
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jealous. I’m honestly jealous because I don’t have one yet,” |
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Story added. “Always rooting for it, always watching and seeing the |
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possibility of it.” |
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Then in the eighth, Abreu added the cherry on top when he hit the first |
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grand slam of his career to put the game out of reach and take the win |
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for Boston in the opener of a three-game series. |
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The rare feat made him the sixth player to hit an inside-the-park home |
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run and a grand slam separately in a game, and the first since the |
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legendary Roger Maris achieved the feat in 1958 while playing for the |
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Kansas City Athletics. |
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“He got a fastball that he could handle, down in the zone, for the |
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grand slam. And that’s something we’ve been talking about,” Sox |
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manager Alex Cora said, ESPN. |
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“So far, it’s been an outstanding season for him. It’s been |
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great.” |
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The game also saw Story bag a three-run homer in the bottom of the |
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first and Jarren Duran get a solo shot in the sixth. For the Reds, |
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Austin Hays had a two-run triple and a solo home run to cut the lead to |
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8-5 at the top of the sixth, but Abreu’s magical evening shut out any |
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chance of a comeback. |
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