Five straight home runs? Kansas just made baseball history
Kansas Jayhawks pulled off something that’s never happened in MLB history – five consecutive home runs in a single inning. The incredible feat came during their 29-1 demolition of Minnesota on Tuesday.
That’s right. Five batters in a row hit it out of the park.
“DID THAT JUST HAPPEN??? YES IT DID WE HAVE VIDEO PROOF,” Kansas Baseball Data tweeted with a video showing the remarkable sequence.
The home run parade started with Chase Diggins crushing a three-run shot. Then Max Soliz Jr., Brady Counsell, Brady Ballinger, and Jackson Hauge each followed with solo homers.
This is only the fourth time in Division-I college baseball history that a team has hit five consecutive home runs. The Jayhawks joined some rare company:
• 2006 South Carolina (vs. Georgia)
• 1998 Eastern Illinois (vs. Morehead State)
• 1992 Centernary (vs. SFA)
The Jayhawks were already up 6-1 when they started their home run barrage in the third inning. They didn’t stop there, piling on eight runs in that inning alone.
Kansas kept pouring it on with three more runs in the fourth, eight in the fifth, one in the sixth and four in the seventh.
The game mercifully ended after seven innings via run rule.
Their 29 runs and 28-run margin of victory both set Kansas records against Division I competition.
If you noticed something unusual about the setting, you’re right. Minnesota is currently playing their home games inside U.S. Bank Stadium – the home of the NFL’s Vikings. Even though Wednesday was actually pretty nice in Minneapolis, the Golden Gophers start their season indoors to avoid Minnesota’s typical cold spring weather.
Diggins and Hauge were the offensive stars, each finishing with two home runs and seven RBIs.
The win improved Kansas to an impressive 15-2 record. They’ll begin Big 12 conference play on Friday against Baylor.
