Baseball Almanac - Box Score of Twin Grand Slams by Robin Ventura

Box Score of Twin Grand Slams by Robin Ventura

Robin Ventura was best remembered in Texas for attacking the revered Nolan Ryan. Fans their can now remember him as the eighth player in the history of baseball to hit two grand slams in the same game.

"You definitely have to have luck to do that. It was a definitely a great thing." - Robin Ventura

Two Grand Slams in One Game Box Score
September 4, 1995
Ballpark at Arlington

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Lance Johnson cf 6 2 2 2

Tim Raines lf 4 3 3 0

Mike Cameron rf 2 0 0 0

Dave Martinez 1b 5 1 1 0

Frank Thomas dh 2 2 0 0

a-Barry Lyons ph-dh 2 0 1 0

Robin Ventura 3b 5 3 3 8

Lyle Mouton rf-lf 3 2 3 1

Ray Durham 2b 5 0 2 1

Mike LaValliere c 5 0 2 1

Ozzie Guillen s 5 1 1 1

Totals 44 14 18 14

Name Pos AB R H RBI

Otis Nixon cf 1 1 0 0

John Marzano c 1 0 0 0

Mark McLemore 2b-lf 4 0 0 0

Will Clark 1b 2 1 0 0

Jeff Frye 2b 1 0 0 0

Juan Gonzalez dh 3 1 2 2

b-Luis Ortiz ph-dh 1 0 0 0

Mickey Tettleton rf 3 0 0 0

Lou Frazier cf 1 0 0 0

Ivan Rodriguez c 2 0 0 1

Dave Valle 1b 1 0 1 0

Rusty Greer lf-rf 4 0 1 0

Mike Pagliarulo 3b 4 0 0 0

Benji Gil ss 3 0 0 0

c-Sam Horn ph 0 0 0 0

Totals 31 3 4 3

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Flied out for Thomas in 7th inning.
b: Popped out for Gonzalez in 8th inning.
c: Walked for Gil in 9th inning.

Caught Stealing: Nixon.
Double Play: Valle.
Doubles: Ventura, Mouton 2, LaValliere.
Errors: Raines, Durham.
Home Runs: Gonzalez, Johnson, Ventura 2.
Left On Base: Chicago 9, Texas 7.
Sacrifice Fly: Rodriguez.
Stolen Bases: Nixon.
Triples: Durham, Guillen.

Line Score
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	1	0	14	18	2
Texas	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Jason Bere (W) 6 3 3 2 4 5

Scott Radinsky 2 0 0 0 0 0

Rodney Bolton 1 1 0 0 1 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO

Kevin Gross (L) 3.2 8 7 7 3 3

Dennis Cook .1 3 2 2 0 0

Danny Darwin 4 6 5 5 1 1

Mark Brandenburg 1 1 0 0 1 1

Pitching Notes

Hit By Pitch: Mouton ( by Darwin).

Game Notes

Attendance: 18,036.
Umpires:
HP: Tim McClelland.
1B: Rocky Roe.
2B: Dave Phillips.
3B: Gary Cederstrom.
Length of game: 3:11.

This twin grand slam by one player game was only the eighth instance in major league history and the first ever accomplished by a Chicago White Sox player!

Robin Ventura had eight runs batted in which tied the all time White Sox record set by Jim Spencer in 1977!

Johnny Oates, the manager of the Texas Rangers, had his team pitch around Frank Thomas before each grand slam. After the game Oates commented, "I have a great deal of respect for Robin Ventura, but I also have a great deal of respect for Frank Thomas, neither one is a piece of cake!"

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