Oakland Athletics prospect Denzel Clark is not within the majors proper now, however he is making historical past. Clarke, presently ranked by MLB.com because the No. 15 prospect within the A’s group, hit residence runs inside a park in back-to-back video games.
It’s the first time in skilled historical past that an athlete has achieved the feat in consecutive video games.
Clarke’s first inside-the-park residence run on Tuesday got here towards the West Michigan Whitecaps. Clark dropped a ball down the left subject line and the outfielder had bother monitoring the ball down. Clark took the benefit and ran round base, defeating the throw at residence plate.
Tuesday’s homer was the Lugnats’ first inside-the-park residence run because the 2018 season. As well as, Clarke additionally turned the primary Lugants participant since Tim Locastro in 2015 to attain two residence runs in the identical season.
Then, precisely 24 hours later, Clark was in a position to do it once more. This time, A was seemingly hit by a ball that bounced off the wall and the outfielders as soon as once more could not deflect it. Clarke was in a position to cross residence plate with no throw from the outfield.
The 2021 fourth spherical choose begins the 2022 season at Oakland’s Single-A affiliate, Stockton Ports. Nevertheless, Clark was promoted to the Excessive-A Lignettes in June and in addition performed within the All-Star Futures Recreation at Dodgers Stadium in July.