Pedro Alvarez, in photos from the last two days, approaching home plate after homering. Photos are courtesy of US Presswire.
Pedro Alvarez of the Pirates has hit 2 homers in each of the Pirates’ last two games.
Here are the last 10 times a guy has gone for 2 homers over each of 2 games:
| Strk Start | End | Games | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Napoli | 2011-09-27 | 2011-09-28 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 2010-07-20 | 2010-07-21 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Carlos Quentin | 2010-07-10 | 2010-07-11 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Luke Scott | 2009-05-28 | 2009-05-29 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Carlos Delgado | 2008-09-07 | 2008-09-09 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Joe Crede | 2008-06-06 | 2008-06-07 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 2008-05-16 | 2008-05-17 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Ryan Braun | 2008-05-11 | 2008-05-12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Chipper Jones | 2008-04-17 | 2008-04-18 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Mark Teixeira | 2007-08-19 | 2007-08-20 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
The last time a Pirates player hit 2 homers in 2 straight games was in 2010, When Pedro Alvarez himself did it on July 20th and 21st. Before that? You have to go all the way back to Jason Thompson in 1984.
The last guy to hit 2 homers in 3 straight games was Jeff DeVanon in June of 2003.
