The Stat Line That Tricks You
Isaiah Jackson technically hit two home runs in a single game for the Greenville Drive. That sounds like a standard highlight reel moment until you check the clock. One of those blasts actually flew over the fence on Tuesday, before a rain delay stopped play. The game didn’t finish until Wednesday, but the stat sheet still counts both shots as part of the same night.
This is the kind of baseball trivia that makes you scratch your head. The Drive played the Spartansburg team in a game that started on Tuesday. They were up 5-0 when the rain came down and stopped the action. The delay pushed the final innings to the next day, but the rules keep the stats together. Jackson went deep on Tuesday, then went deep again when play resumed on Wednesday.
According to Over the Monster, Jackson is the player the Red Sox got in the trade for Vaughn Grissom. He’s a former Arizona Sun Devil who’s showing real power at the plate. The report notes he left the yard in two consecutive games. That streak makes the weird double-homer stat even more impressive for a young prospect.
A Rough Night for Portland
While Jackson was lighting up the scoreboard, the Portland Sea Dogs had a very different problem. They allowed 29 runs over just two days against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. That is a lot of runs for any team to give up in such a short time. The Sea Dogs lost the latest game 13-5 in a blowout that felt like a disaster…