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However, his declining offensive performance put his status with the club in flux. Before the 2006 season trade deadline, it was rumored that Kennedy would be traded, most notably for Shea Hillenbrand. While the rumors never came to fruition, Kennedy was forced to share the starting second base position, playing in a platoon with rookie Howie Kendrick for the remainder of the season. Others who have homered three times in a postseason game are New York Yankees sluggers Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson, Pittsburgh's Bob Robertson and Kansas City's George Brett. Kennedy, named MVP of the ALCS despite going 1-for-10 without an RBI in the first four games, said he couldn't remember ever hitting three homers in a game.
MLB Home Runs Hit by Adam Kennedy | Baseball Almanac
Kennedy added a single later in the seventh to finish 4-for-4. After fouling off a bunt attempt, Kennedy took a full swing and hit another foul before uppercutting a hanging curveball out of the park. Sign up for the free Baseball Reference newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. "I think there is a small portion of relief with some of the guys that have been through the wars here," Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said. "We won the championship. What a source of pride for these guys that have played for such a long time." That's because the player nicknamed "King Fish" had finally reached the World Series after 10 years with the Angels.
This time it was 10 and after 42 seasons of trying the Angels were in the World Series. The left handed-hitting Kennedy, who bats ninth, hasn't played against left-handed pitchers much recently, but he stayed in to sacrifice against Santana. Another solo homer by Spiezio in the fifth put the Angels on top 3-2 before the Twins scored three runs in the seventh for a 5-3 lead. Jose Altuve had three for the Houston Astros in the 2017 division series. “I told him the last time I’ve seen three home runs in a game was Pablo Sandoval, and I gave up two of them, so I’m glad there’s somebody new that’s done it,” said the Astros starter Justin Verlander, formerly of Detroit. It is notable that those home runs came in Houston in the season in which the Astros have admitted to employing a complex sign-stealing operation.
Post playing career
Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. He attended John W. North High School in Riverside, playing baseball and basketball. He is the son of Tom Kennedy, who teaches Health at North High School. ''The reports on him were he was a good offensive player, with work he could become a good defensive player,'' Stoneman recalled. The deal was one of Bill Stoneman's first major moves as Angels general manager, and was extremely unpopular for some time with local fans because Edmonds became an even bigger star for the Cardinals than he was with Anaheim.
No Angels second baseman since has led the league in fielding. Try to guess who was the first player to hit three homers in a postseason. Now that the Angels have reached the World Series for the first time in franchise history -- the team debuted in 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels -- only two franchises have gone longer without a trip to the World Series.
Adam Kennedy blasts three home runs
September 11, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers placed 2B Adam Kennedy on the 60-day disabled list. October 29, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers activated 2B Adam Kennedy from the 60-day disabled list. Scott Spiezio and Bengie Molina singled in the seventh before Kennedy came to the plate. He fouled off a sacrifice bunt attempt before manager Mike Scioscia let him swing away. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis.
Adam Kennedy began the 2000s revival of three-homer postseason games when he connected for his, while batting ninth, in the 2002 A.L.C.S. No one matched Ruth until the 1970s, when the unheralded Bob Robertson hit three for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1971 N.L.C.S. He is the only person to add another extra base hit in the same game as his homers, a double. Robertson’s story was heightened because he had missed an entire season for kidney surgery; he was trumpeted as a “medical marvel.” Not enough star power for you? Willie Mays also hit a home run in the game for the San Francisco Giants at age 40. The first time came with the Yankees in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. One of the blasts reached the center field bleachers of Sportsman’s Park, which only two men had previously reached.
Adam Kennedy
The Twins scored three runs in the seventh to take a 5-3 lead against Brian Donnelly and Francisco Rodriguez, but Kennedy’s three-run homer off a 0-2 Johan Santana curveball put them up. Ironically if Kennedy had gotten a bunt down he never would have had a chance for October immortality. Kennedy’s first homer came on Joe Mays’ initial pitch of the third inning and reduced the Twins’ lead to 2-1. Homer No. 2 was delivered one batter after Scott Spiezio led off the fifth with a homer that tied the score 2-2. Kennedy fell behind 1-2 and then crushed Mays’ next offering into the seats in right-center for a lead.
Stoneman made the deal because the Angels were crowded in the outfield and needed a solid second baseman, which Kennedy has certainly become, as well as a starting pitcher. January 10, 2011 Seattle Mariners signed free agent 2B Adam Kennedy to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. July 26, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers placed 2B Adam Kennedy on the 15-day disabled list. August 10, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers activated 2B Adam Kennedy from the 15-day disabled list.
Tensions between the two division rivals were already high, as two Rangers starting pitchers — Adam Eaton and Vicente Padilla — had been ejected in previous games that month for throwing at Angels batters. Also, two Angels hurlers had already been thrown out of the game for hitting batters, and manager Mike Scioscia and bench coach Ron Roenicke had been ejected as well. Rangers pitcher Scott Feldman hit Kennedy in the buttocks with a fastball with only one out remaining in the game, and his team up 9–3. Kennedy charged the mound, triggering a fight between the 6' 5" Feldman and the 6' 1" Kennedy. As Kennedy charged him, Feldman stood on the mound and threw down his glove, and when Kennedy reached him Feldman then hit Kennedy in the armpit with a punch.
All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. The homer triggered a 10-run inning that put the game out of reach. But a surge in home runs across the board, and an expansion of the playoffs, meant a golden age was about to begin. Through Kennedy, the feat had been performed six times. But everything has gone right for Salmon and the Angels this season, despite slow starts by both. He hit .182 in April and the Angels got off to a franchise-worst 6-14 start.
Kennedy was suspended for four games for his actions. He also homered in the division series against the Yankees, and has four in 32 postseason at-bats while playing in eight of Anaheim's nine playoff games. In 1966, Bobby Knoop became the first Angels second baseman to lead the American League in fielding percentage (.981). In 1985, Bobby Grich joined Knoop, leading all second baseman with his stellar .997 fielding average, and in 2003, Adam Kennedy joined that duo, with his AL leading .990 average.
Usually a light-hitting second baseman, Kennedy became the fifth player to hit three homers in a postseason game as the Anaheim Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 13-5 to win the AL Championship Series 4-1. On January 10, 2011, he signed a minor-league deal with the Seattle Mariners. Kennedy, however, made the team out of spring training, and served as a utility infielder, seeing action at first base, second base and third base during the year while hitting .234 in 114 games. Midway through the season he replaced former Angels teammate Chone Figgins as the starting third baseman. Adam Kennedy was born on Saturday, January 10, 1976, in Riverside, California. Kennedy was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 21, 1999, with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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