In the game, Williams homered in the fourth inning against Kirby Higbe, singled in a run in the fifth inning, singled in the seventh inning, and hit a three-run home run against Rip Sewell's notorious " eephus pitch " in the eighth inning to help the American League win 12-0.

He homered in the 5th inning off the Angels ' Jered Weaver, en route to an 11-3 triumph.

In 2004, Matsui homered on the first pitch from Russ Ortiz of the Atlanta Braves leading off the first inning, in 2005, on the sixth pitch from Paul Wilson of the Cincinnati Reds with one out in the first inning, and in 2006, on the fourth pitch from Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres with no outs in the top of the third.

He homered in his first World Series at bat, a two-run shot off Don Newcombe in the second inning of Game 1 in the 1955 Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, which tied the game 2-2 ; the Yankees won 6-5, but it was Howard's ground ball out to Pee Wee Reese in Game 7 which ended the Series, the first time in six meetings that the Yankees lost to Brooklyn.

The hit was crucial, as former teammate Maris homered in the bottom of the inning for the Cardinals before the Red Sox closed out the 3-1 win.

In the final Game 6, he homered to give the Indians a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning, and they went on to win 4-3 to capture the championship.

He preserved a 6 – 5 victory in Game 5 of the 1952 World Series when he made a spectacular catch over the fence of an apparent home run by Johnny Mize – who had already homered three times in the Series – with one out in the eleventh inning.

He again hit over 20 home runs in, and on June 4 his three-run home run in the seventh inning provided all the scoring in Sandy Koufax's third no-hitter, a 3 – 0 defeat of the Philadelphia Phillies ; Howard had also homered for the final run in Koufax's first no-hitter on June 30 two years earlier, a 5 – 0 win over the New York Mets.

Three days later, he homered in the seventh inning to break up a no-hitter by Dustin Hermanson in a 7 – 2 loss to the Giants.

The two great pitchers matched scoreless innings until Giants outfielder Willie Mays homered off Spahn to win the game 1 – 0 — in the 16th inning.

In Game 2 of the series, against the Texas Rangers, he broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning when he homered off of C. J. Wilson to give the Giants a 1 – 0 lead.

In the seventh inning, Dick Schofield homered for California to give the team a 2 – 1 lead.

Grich, the previous night's hero, homered to give the Halos a 3 – 2 lead in the sixth inning ; Red Sox center fielder Dave Henderson had tried to leap at the wall to catch Grich's long fly ball, but ended up deflecting it over the fence.

Bernie Williams homered in the second inning to close the gap to 2 – 1, a score which would hold up for several innings.

Morris got out of the jam by striking out Sid Bream to end the inning, and the Twins added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning as Hrbek homered off Clancy.

Saberhagen got all the offense he needed when Darryl Motley homered to left off John Tudor in the second inning.

In the next inning Prince called for first baseman Jason Thompson to park one " so we'll have a little bit of everything ", and Thompson homered.

However, the Padres battered Wells hard, beginning in the third inning when Greg Vaughn homered to right-center with a man aboard tying the game up at two runs apiece.

With his Game 5 first-pitch homer and his four-pitch walk in the second inning of Game 6, Jackson homered on his last four swings of the bat in the Series, each off a different Dodger pitcher.

" Gary Sheffield and Bryan Harvey represented the Marlins as the club's first All-Star Game selections, and Sheffield homered in the Marlins first All-Star Game at-bat.

* Don Leppert, Major League Baseball homered in first at-bat, first position player named to the All-Star game in Washington-Texas franchise history

" On July 7, Hafner became the first player in Major League history to hit five grand slams before the All-Star break and passed Al Rosen in the team's season record book when he homered off Kris Benson of the Baltimore Orioles.

Murcer hit. 322, homered 16 times, drove in 90 runs and stole 18 bases, playing in his league's All-Star game that season.

He missed the first two games ( both losses ) of the 1972 American League Championship Series against the Oakland Athletics while recovering from a hairline fracture of his thumb, then doubled and homered in a 3-0 Game 3 win, in which Joe Coleman set a League Championship Series record with 14 strikeouts.

He also homered in Game 7 of the ALCS, which the Red Sox went on to win, sending the ball high and clanging it off the right-field foul pole.

The effect was most noticeable in the decisive Game 5, in which Boston's Harry Hooper twice homered over the close-in center field fence, and Duffy Lewis followed suit.

In Game 1, he singled and scored as the Cubs took a 4 – 0 lead in the first inning, singled and scored again in the third, and homered in the seventh as Chicago took the opener 9 – 0.

He had a magnificent outing in the 1973 ALCS against the Baltimore Orioles, winning an 11-inning 2 – 1 duel against Mike Cuellar in Game 3 when Bert Campaneris homered to lead off the last inning.

Dodger coach Clyde Sukeforth noticed that Erskine was bouncing several curveballs in the dirt and instructed manager Charlie Dressen to call on Branca — this despite Thomson having homered off Branca in Game 1.

In Game 5 of the World Series, he homered off Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees.

Cecil homered in a losing effort in Game Three, and his 8-for-28 record was not enough, as his team lost a seven-game series.

The Atlanta Braves ' Andruw Jones homered twice in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series at Yankee Stadium.

Meeting the Dodgers for a final time in the Series, he gave New York a 1-0 victory in Game 1 when he homered against Don Newcombe on a 2-0 pitch to lead off the ninth inning, the first walk-off home run ever in the World Series.

In Greenberg's first game back after being discharged, on July 1, he homered.

The Padres went on to defeat the Houston Astros in the 1998 NLDS, 3 games to 1, behind solid pitching by Brown, Sterling Hitchcock and Hoffman, and home runs by Greg Vaughn, Wally Joyner and Jim Leyritz ( who homered in 3 of the 4 games ).

Bell also homered in the first game at the Blue Jays ' new park, the SkyDome ( now the Rogers Centre ), on June 5, eight days later.

Beckett repeated the feat on June 14, 2009 when he homered against Phillies pitcher J. A.

Varitek went on a hitting hot streak, having a. 310 average at one point and on May 20, 2001, he homered three times in a single game before a broken left elbow injury sidelined the catcher for nearly the rest of the season, as Varitek dove to catch a foul ball on June 7.

He recorded seven consecutive multi-hit games from August 26 to August 31 as part of an 18-for-32 stretch, and homered in back-to-back games on August 28 and 29 during the Phillies ' four-game sweep of the Mets.

He hit ten home runs in a season for the first time when he homered on September 10 in an 11 – 5 win over Pittsburgh.

He homered in three straight games from April 9 – 11, and he set a new career high on the eleventh with four RBI in a 10 – 6 victory over the Houston Astros.

The change in stadiums prompted him to rely more on his fastball than his curveball, as he felt he needed to protect himself from home runs in Wrigley Field and its smaller field, thus using the curveball to reduce the risk of being homered against, but the larger field in Pittsburgh made fastballs safer to use, and thus a better pitch to rely upon.

Clark had a startling good performance on Opening Day 2009, hitting 2 home runs to lead the D-Backs to a victory over the Colorado Rockies ; fellow switch-hitting teammate Felipe López also homered from both sides of the plate in the same game, making them the first teammates to do so on an Opening Day.

Called up to the Angels squad on August 21, 1996, the first batter he faced was Derek Jeter, who homered off Dickson's first Major League pitch.

Franco yet again bested himself on May 4, 2007 when he homered into the swimming pool at Chase Field against Arizona Diamondbacks lefty Randy Johnson-a game in which he also stole a base.

The Yankees tried to claw back in the seventh as Reggie Jackson homered and Bucky Dent singled in two runs, but the Dodgers bounced back with three of their own, two coming on a Bill North double.