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Red Sox Outfielder Wilyer Abreu Makes Obscure History in Two Home Run Game

Boston Red Sox right fielder Abreu rounds the bases after hitting an inside the park home run during the fifth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Fenway Park. | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images

Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu had quite the unique game Monday night, hitting both an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam in the team's 13–6 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Fenway Park.

He made it all the way around the bases and home safely in the fifth inning after he striped a ball to center field that took an awkward, unplayable bounce off the triangle wall at Fenway. Reds center fielder TJ Friedl slipped trying to redirect and track down the ball, allowing Abreu to make it home without a play at the plate. Then, in the eighth inning, he cleared the shallow wall at Fenway with the bases juiced to open up Boston's lead to eight runs.

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