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WATCH: SF Giants hit back-to-back homers twice in the same inning for first time in franchise history

The SF Giants lineup did something on Monday afternoon that the team has never done before in franchise history.

Marc Delucchi

WATCH: SF Giants hit back-to-back homers twice in the same inning for first time in franchise history
WATCH: SF Giants hit back-to-back homers twice in the same inning for first time in franchise history /
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The SF Giants lineup did something on Monday afternoon that the team has never done before in franchise history. In the fifth inning, facing right-handed pitcher Michael Kopech, the Giants blasted back-to-back home runs twice in the same inning. Michael Conforto, Thairo Estrada, Mike Yastrzemski, and David Villar hit their first home runs of the season. It was the first time the Giants have recorded four home runs in an inning since 2011.

Conforto, one of the Giants most significant free-agent signings this offseason, got the scoring started. Conforto sent an 0-2 fastball at the top of the zone more than 400 feet to right-center field for his first official home run (and extra-base hit) in a Giants uniform.

Then, infielder Estrada finished the first back-to-back moment. Kopech threw the young infielder a 1-0 slider that fell into Estrada's sweet spot on the inside part of the plate. Estrada squatted down and clobbered the ball 422' down the right-field line.

After Joc Pederson, who had already homered earlier in the day, flew out to right field, Yastrzemski blasted his first home run of the season. After an ugly spring training when Yaz hit just .120/.241/.200 with one extra-base hit, Yastrzemski has bounced back in the regular season. He already has three doubles and a home run in the team's first four games.

Finally, Villar, the second-year big leaguer, completed this historic moment. Kopech threw Villar five consecutive fastballs, and a 2-2 heater at the top of the zone drifted a bit too close to the middle of the plate. Villar posted the lowest exit velocity of the team's homers (98 mph), but he got enough of it to make sure it went over the left-field wall for his first homer of the season.

It's hard for a franchise that has been around for more than 140 years to do something for the first time, but facing the Chicago White Sox on Monday, the SF Giants did exactly that. While the Giants offense was shutout twice in the first series of the season against the Yankees, things are surely looking up.

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MARC DELUCCHI

Marc Delucchi (he/they/she) serves as the Managing Editor at Giants Baseball Insider, leading their SF Giants coverage. As a freelance journalist, he has previously covered the San Francisco Giants at Around the Foghorn and McCovey Chronicles. He also currently contributes to Niners Nation, Golden State of Mind, and Baseball Prospectus. He has previously been featured in several other publications, including SFGate, ProFootballRumors, Niners Wire, GrandStand Central, Call to the Pen, and Just Baseball. Over his journalistic career, Marc has conducted investigations into how one prep baseball player lost a college opportunity during the pandemic (Baseball Prospectus) and the rampant mistreatment of players at the University of Hawaii football program under former head coach Todd Graham (SFGate). He has also broken dozens of news stories around professional baseball, primarily around the SF Giants organization, including the draft signing of Kyle Harrison, injuries and promotions to top prospects like Heliot Ramos, and trade details in the Kris Bryant deal. Marc received a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College with a major in economics and a minor in Spanish. During his time in college, he conducted a summer research project attempting to predict the future minor-league performance of NCAA hitters, worked as a data analyst for the school's Women's basketball team, and worked as a play-by-play announcer/color commentator for the basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. He also worked as an amateur baseball scout with the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network (later renamed Evolution Metrix), scouting high school and college players for three draft cycles. For tips and inquiries, feel free to reach out to Marc directly on Twitter or via email (delucchimarc@gmail.com).

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