Friday’s Guardians-Rangers game featured a unique entry into the MLB history books courtesy of a rare instance of sibling synergy in the third inning.
After launching two-run home runs to give the Guardians an early lead, rookie catcher Bo Naylor and first baseman Josh Naylor became the first brothers in franchise history to go yard in the same game.
The booming at-bats also gave the Naylors the distinction of being the first brothers to homer in the same inning for the same team since former Braves B.J. and Justin Upton went yard against the Rockies in back-to-back plate appearances in April 2013. They are also the fourth pair of brothers to homer in the same inning in the Expansion Era (since 1961), along with the Uptons, Tommie and Hank Aaron, and Billy and Cal Ripken.
