MILWAUKEE — Catchers Willson and William Contreras turned the second pair of brothers to homer in the identical inning as opponents in baseball’s trendy period on Saturday.
Each went deep within the ninth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 8-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers that snapped the Playing cards’ six-game skid.
Willson Contreras’ ninth homer of the season, a solo shot to right-center, gave St. Louis an 8-4 lead within the prime of the ninth. William Contreras led off the underside half of the inning together with his sixth homer of the season, to left discipline.
The Contreras brothers are the primary to homer in the identical inning as opponents since Rick (Boston Crimson Sox) and Wes Ferrell (Cleveland Indians) completed the feat on July 19, 1933, when Rick’s house run got here off Wes.
As he rounded first base after his homer, Willson Contreras stared into the Brewers’ dugout however did not say something to his brother as he crossed house plate.
William Contreras shrugged off the tensions between his brother and his teammates, saying, “Once we’re on the market throughout the recreation, it isn’t precisely like we’re relations. We’re on the market competing.
“So yeah, if there’s one thing to be mentioned between him and anybody else, they do it,” William added. “However yeah, we’re on the market to compete and he is taking part in his recreation and we’re taking part in ours.”
The final brothers to homer in the identical inning of a recreation had been Josh and Bo Naylor for Cleveland on April 10, 2024.