Going, going, gone … and gone again … and again

Four years ago today, Jake Alu, K.J. Harrison and Jakson Reetz launch consecutive homers in the first inning of the Harrisburg Senators’ 11-5 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in a Class AA Eastern League game on City Island.

The three straight homers tie a modern-era Senators franchise record for such a feat, first set in 2001 and then again in 2012.

The first trifecta comes of the bats of Valentino Pascucci, Matt Cepicky and Scott Hodges in the eighth inning of a 4-2 victory against Altoona’s Gerardo Padua on April 23, 2001 on City Island.

Matching that feat 11 years later is the trio of Brian Goodwin, Sean Nicol and Anthony Rendon, who each homer in the span of eight pitches from Reading’s Austin Hyatt in the sixth inning in a 5-2 victory over the Phillies on Aug. 20, 2012 at City Island.

Alu, Harrison and Reetz hit their homers in a span of seven pitchers off New Hampshire starter Reilly Hovis.

Pascucci, Cepicky and Hodges accomplish their feat in only three pitches – an achievement that others may match but never break.

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