The attendance for that history-making game at Crosley Field in Cincinnati was just 5,149, about 5,149 more than the White Sox had on hand Sunday. The White Sox did not waste the dingers, beating the Cardinals, 7-2. More home runs over all would naturally lead to more streaks of consecutive home runs, which is why the back-to-back-to-back-to-backer isn’t such an extreme rarity anymore. Four home runs in a row is still pretty remarkable. Edwin Encarnacion, with 416 career home runs, stepped to the plate against the new pitcher, Seth Elledge, with a chance to go where no one had gone before.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2020 16:34 UTC